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I really started exploring more of Yeah Yeah Yeahs about two years ago. I really wasn’t familiar with anything beyond Zero, Maps and Y Control. They’re fantastic, have been around for a good long while and they are not pigeonholed into any style yet their stuff is always identifiable as theirs.
I have all of their albums now and if you haven’t, check out the “lush” version of Spitting… very cool listen for hi-fi.
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I will, thanks for the heads up! 
Listen to the release Living Years by Mike + The Mechanics on Qobuz Open Qobuz
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Man, I can’t remember the last time that I heard this, but I remember it.
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I Love Jack Johnson’s music. It’s great song writing, musicianship, and recording/mastering all wrapped in a sonic bow of melodic harmonies. He’s also a genuinely nice guy (I met him in the early 2000’s before I was ever a fan of his music).
This album is so well recorded displaying so many nuances like fingers rubbing along strings and tapping on guitar bodies, and the open sound of the recording space really comes across through the recording.
Daybreaks is an especially sweet sonic treat.
Happy listening.
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Listen to the release The Principle of Moments by Robert Plant on Qobuz Open Qobuz
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Really interesting interview with lots of cameos.
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I’m very picky about the rap I listen to, but…
“Truly there’s beauty in this ugly
Scared to put seeds in the Uterus that love me
Growing, knowing my roots indeed rotten
Producing bad fruits, all my family trees dropping”
Who writes like this?!?! INSANE
The guy just has a cinematic way of pulling you into his life, and I rarely hear an artist in general like this. I can’t get over how good he is. His raspy textured voice, the sampling.
You seem to like conscious rap. Based on what you posted here other artists you may like are
Black thought
Backwash
And if you just want pure word play and rhyme crafting
DOOM is unmatched
And an underrated favorite of mine Aesop Rock
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Listen to the release Avalon by Roxy Music on Qobuz Open Qobuz
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They go hard … live
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If I really need to come down …
those are my 4 reference songs to escape into music/day-stress (Qobuz):
Song for Sarah von Tomasz Stańko auf Qobuz
Open Qobuz
My Work (the whole album is amazing) von JFDR
Open Qobuz
Roads Live von Portishead
Open Qobuz
Draw your swords von Angus & Julia Stone
Open Qobuz
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Very Calm:
00s, but as an album:
Weird Japanese Stuff:
A friend of a friend but I am glad he showed me this. Fantastic guitar work throughout. If i had to nitpick i would say it has some odd compression or mic positioning for my liking but the expression is all there.
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