What music have you been listening to this past week?

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Sting - What Could Have Been

Open Qobuz

Sting - What Could Have Been | Arcane League of Legends | Riot Games Music

Hozier - Blood Upon the Snow

Open Qobuz

Hozier and Bear McCreary - Blood Upon the Snow (from God of War Ragnarök) - Lyric Video

[generic]

I’ve been listening to viagr aboys by the Viagra Boys.

In our out-of-time interpretive era, many contemporary performers emulate stuff that was released decades ago. Welcome to the (mostly Swedish) Viagra Boys and their mash up of:

• 1980s Black Flag — Henry Rollins anger and hardcore punk (Los Angeles style)
• 1980s Pixies – goofy lyrics, goofy concepts, punkish, and a defining “alternative” band before Nirvana
• 1970s Southern rock – The vocalist is an American with a USA accent, and imitates southern drawls now and then
• 1960s Captain Beefheart – Random screaming and smashing of instruments (more than the Pixies ever did)

It works for what it is. I took it as an unreleased album by some of the above.

[pennstac]

This is really good, was pointed out on another (non music) forum. Good slap bass, funny lyrics.

If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)

[Scort]

LOL ! Such a flashback heh heh …

[Scort]

One of my favourite bands back in the day. Bayou Country was one of the first LP’s I ever purchased. Still have many of their tunes on my faves list.

[Scort]

I have been a gamer for years. Especially deep into Eve Online almost since it’s beginning (not so much any more). Occasionally, I bump into music from video games and give it a listen. If any of you remember the soundtrack to Elder Scrolls Skyrim you will know how well loved it was.

In a similar vein, the soundtrack from a recently released (April 2025) game called “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33” caught my attention. Music provided by a small orchestral group consisting mostly of strings, piano, guitar, some choral background and an amazing, ethereal and haunting vocal performance by Alice Duport-Percier. Composer is Lorien Testard. 154 tracks and over 8 hours of music. Wonderful chamber music in a neo-classical blanket with hints of baroque.

I am only about 20% in to the whole thing, but am enjoying it immensely. Game is already at #1 for 2025. Sold 500,00 copies in the first 24 hours. I believe the music had a lot to do with that.

Much of the vocals are in French, or an obscure French dialect which may reflect the time period and rough location the game is set.

The whole soundtrack is on Qobuz, and I believe on most other platforms as well. Enjoy !

Here’s 4 youtube samples and the Qobuz link …

Open Qobuz

[Bookbear]

This:

And this:

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Original Soundtrack) - Une vie à t’aimer:

Open Qobuz

Une vie à t'aimer

[MediaPimp]

I’ve actually been listening to my own (recently released) EP for the past couple of weeks, with sprinkles of other music here and there.

This is a first for me, as I usually don’t listen to my own music after it’s released.

[Nuance]

Link please. I’d like to check it out.

[MediaPimp]

The EP is currently available for purchase on my website (Not Checkers | Media Pimp Studios). It’s “Boom Bap” adjacent Hip-Hop.

I take a “streaming-last” approach to my releases, so it may not be available on streaming for some time — I haven’t decided yet. The first single (currently available for purchase on the site) will be on streaming platforms on the 28th.

[generic]

Mellow instrumental finger-style acoustic guitar by Hayden Pedigo. His new album is I’ll Be Waving as You Drive Away.

Pitchfork review: Hayden Pedigo: I’ll Be Waving as You Drive Away Album Review | Pitchfork

[RalphB]

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𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎𝒔 I, II, III 𝒂𝒏𝒅 IV — 𝒃𝒆𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝑷𝒉𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒊, 𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒊𝒙 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒔 (𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑺𝒕𝒖 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅) 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐-𝒓𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎𝒔

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Most boring 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 band 𝑰 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒂𝒘, 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒅𝒔.

[RalphB]

Some of their songs I didn’t like either. But their version of Roadhouse Blues was the best.

[jthvac]

Couple of new “oldies” showed up recently

Last Friday

Today

[Nuance]

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𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔𝒏❜𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏❜𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 - 𝒐𝒓 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 - 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌, 𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 4 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒄𝒌, 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒏❜𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔.

[hayduke]

Well, I’m on lots of live Phish. Besides that I’ve been listening to some electronic stuff on my Bokeh Open. Master Margherita is one of my new favorites. Also, some acoustic bass action in the new Edgar Meyer / Christian McBride album “But Whose Gonna Play the Melody?”. These two guys sound incredible together.