Chorus.fm Record of the Week Club

Hey, we have a weekly film club, so I'm stealing the rules for a weekly record club. Join us as members rotate and choose a new record weekly to discuss here!

Members so far: myself, @I Am Mick, @angrycandy , @aoftbsten, @OhTheWater, @cshadows2887, @Patterns in Traffic, @flask, @Craig Manning, @Contender , @WadeCastle, @Long Century, @ghostedaway , @SteveLikesMusic , @Matt Chylak, @troyplaysbass. @Kistler, @JM95, @edisnfg, @williek311, @Doomsday, @OotyPa, @Wharf Rat
Rules for picking your record:
1. It must be available on streaming services.
2. The album shouldn't be released this calendar year (ideally, the more history you have with it, the better).
3. The album should be special or interesting to you for personal reasons - we're not here to be snobby, but cult picks will be more fun to dissect than canon releases. Different genres encouraged!

Each Friday will be a new recommendation from the chosen member. The next member will choose the movie next Friday. We will go in the order of the member list above and new members will be added to the bottom until we finish the list and rotate back. All are welcome.

ONGOING LIST OF PICKS
1. Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica (Aaron Mook)
2. Codeseven - Dancing Echoes/Dead Sounds (Nate_Johnson)
3. Sakanaction - 834.194 (I Am Mick)
4. Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports (angry candy)
5. Ambry - Holding On by the Blindfolds We Hide Behind (aoftbsten)
6. The Blue Nile - A Walk Across the Rooftops (OhTheWater)
7. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - What Love Has...Joined Together (cshadows2887)
8. Army of Me - Make Yourself Naked EP (Patterns in Traffic)
9. Greet Death - New Hell (flask)
10. Josephine Collective - We Are the Air (WadeCastle)
11. Sun Araw - The Inner Treaty (Long Century)
12. Fever Ray - Fever Ray (ghostedaway)
13. Murder By Death - Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon (SteveLikesMusic)
14. Faye Wong - Random Thoughts (George)
15. Maxwell Stern - Impossible Sum (troyplaysbass)
16. Caroline Smith - Half About Being a Woman (Kistler)
17. Nmesh - Dream Sequins (JM95)

Second Rotation:
18. Alex G - God Save the Animals (Aaron Mook)
19. I Would Set Myself on Fire for You - Believes in Patterns (I Am Mick)
20. The Armed - Perfect Saviors (angrycandy)
21. Dear and the Headlights - Drunk Like Bible Times (aoftbsten)
22. Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring (OhTheWater)
22. Steve Hiett - Down on the Road by the Beach (williek311)
23. Self Defense Family - Have You Considered Punk Music (flask)
24. Turnpike Troubadours - Diamonds & Gasoline (Craig Manning)
25. The Congos - Heart of the Congos (OotyPa)
26. Fela Kuti - Live! (Long Century)
27. Postiljonen - Skyer (ghostedaway)
28. Pompeii - Nothing Happens for a Reason (SteveLikesMusic)
29. Weakerthans - Reunion Tour (troyplaysbass)
30. TALsounds - Shift (Kistler)
31. Reuben - Racecar is Racecar Backwards (JM95)
32. Poor Righteous Teachers - Holy Intellect (williek311)
33. The Mountain Goats - We Shall All Be Healed (Doomsday)
34. James Blood Ulmer - Odyssey (Wharf Rat)

Third Rotation:
35. Randy Newman - Sail Away (Aaron Mook)
36. Kuhn Narin - II (I Am Mick)
37. Ween - Chocolate and Cheese (angrycandy)
38. Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild (aoftbsten)
39. W. A. Matheiu - Available Light (OhTheWater)
40. John Butler Trio - Sunrise Over Sea (cshadows2887)
41. Daniel Striped Tiger - No Difference (flask)
42. Kathleen Edwards - Voyageur (Craig Manning)
43. Against All Logic - 2012-2017 (Long Century)
44. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Juju (ghostedaway)

 

Let’s do this!

 

I’m behind on the film club this round but this is very manageable, I’m in.

 

I’m in

 

Oh hell yea. I'm in.

 

I'm not going to be as kind as @Morrissey and skip myself lmao I have a pretty good idea of Friday's pick, but Nate will pick the 29th, Mick the 5th, and so on

 

I would also say feel free to post a little about why you chose your pick, let's open it up to discussion even if people don't like the record and try not to take it personally. Let's also encourage first reaction posts in here!

 

I’m in too

 

my pick won’t be till 2024

mght pick a 2023 album first unless my dude Aaron is a stickler about it

if so: I’ve got plenty of others to choose from

 

lol, I should have just said older than a year BUT I won't be a stickler about it

 

In

 

damn we’ve already got a good group

this should be fun

 

I had a feeling this would go over well, surprised we didn't have one already!

 

Well yeah sure. Throw me in here.

 

We had a club years ago where people would pair up and do reviews but this is much easier.

 

Count me in! I did one of these on Discord a while back and it was a lot of fun. I've been thinking for a while we should try it here, but never took the time to try to get it off the ground. Thanks for initiating, @Aaron Mook !

 

@trevorshmevor you in?

 

Was going back and forth between Alex G albums, but in the spirit of the holidays, I want to pick a true winter record. So, if you want to get a head start on our first pick, it's going to be Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica. I've always loved vaporwave, but this is the album that pushed me beyond the aesthetics of the genre and into more ambient and experimental territory. It opened me up to a lot of new music and was one of the first times I really felt like I was hearing something that was beautiful at times and ugly at others. The title track is 100% a winter night song for me.

also worth peeping for context:

 

I’d like to join and I think I’ll be a much more regular participant than the movie club lol

 

nice pick, bud

 

thank you!

 

This sounds fun, count me in as well.

 

Sleep Dealer is such a sick song

 

Hell yeah, the first three-track run is killer imo. I don't think this is a crazy experimental record or anything, but it will be interesting hearing thoughts from people like @cshadows2887 and @Craig Manning. And I look forward to hearing their picks as well!

this one really works for me at night, especially if I'm playing a video game or something. I used to listen to a lot of OPN when I was working, it got me in the zone and helped soothe my anxiety a lot. feels very cinematic to me.

 

I get what you’re saying but also that’s not to say this is unadventurous in any way because it’s very playful and to someone who hasn’t really listened to much IDM, it’s probably more experimental ya know