It’s been a while since we did one of these, but…for those who missed our last installment, We post biweekly updates covering what the staff at Heavy Blog have been spinning. Given the amount of time we spend on the site telling you about music that does not fall neatly into the confines of conventional “metal,” it should come as no surprise that many of us on staff have pretty eclectic tastes that range far outside of metal and heavy things. We can’t post about all of them at length here, but we can at least let you know what we’re actually listening to.
For those that would like to participate as well (and please do) can drop a 3X3 in the comments, which can be made with tapmusic.net through your last.fm account, or create it manually with topsters.net. Also, consider these posts open threads to talk about pretty much anything music-related. We love hearing all of your thoughts on this stuff and love being able to nerd out along with all of you.
Scott Murphy
Ariel Pink – Pom Pom
Big Black – Atomizer
Brian Eno – Another Green World
Eric Dolphy – Out to Lunch
Scott Walker – Tilt
Swans – The Burning World
Tom Waits – Swordfishtrombones
Wayne Shorter – Speak No Evil
William Basinski – Disintegration Loops
David Aleksov
Alva Noto – For 2
Abdulla Rashim – Unanimity
Cymbals Eat Guitars – LOSE
Air – Moon Safari
Jan Jelinek – Loop-Finding-Jazz-Records
Jan Jelinek – Kosmischer Pitch
Second Moon Of Winter – One For Sorrow, Two For Joy
Abdulla Rashim – A Shell Of Speed
Air – Music For Museum
Simon Handmaker
Nathra – Allir Vegir til Glotunar
BLACK WIZARD – New Waste
Misthyrming – Songvar elds og oreithu
Mandroid Echostar – Coral Throne
Neurosis – Times of Grace
Tera Melos – X’ed Out
MF Doom – Operation Doomsday
Mastodon – Leviathan
The Dear Hunter – Act II: The Meaning Of, And All Things Regarding Ms Leading
Nick Cusworth
Tortoise – The Catastrophist
Latitudes – Old Sunlight
Savages – Adore Life
Sarah Kirkland Snider – Unremembered
Menomena – Friend and Foe
Menomena – Mines
Blueneck – King Nine
Ulvesang – Ulvesang
David Bowie – Blackstar
Karlo Doroc
Eye of the Enemy – The Vengeance Paradox
Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory
Mastodon – Crack the Skye
Megadeth – Dystopia
Vipassi – Sunyata
The Ocean/Mono – Transcendental
Orpheus Omega – Partum Vita Mortem
Rage Against the Machine – S/T
Trivium – Shogun
Ryan Castrati
Anderson .Paak – Malibu
Migos – Young Rich Niggas 2
Archy Marshall – A New Place 2 Drown
Basement – Promise Everything
Ty Dolla $ign – Airplane Mode
Rihanna – ANTI
The Contortionist – Exoplanet (Redux)
Travis Scott – Rodeo (Deluxe Edition)
Frank Ocean – channel ORANGE
Eden Kupermintz
Brothertiger – Out of Touch
Persefone – The Spiritual Migration
Audrey Fall – Mitau
Pillars in the Sky – What Became of the Kingdom
Kubbi – Ember
Obscure – Akroasis
Ulver – ATGCLVLSSCAP
Shadow of Intent – Primordial
KillParis – Galaxies Between Us
Jimmy Mullett
Bad Brains – Bad Brains
Swans – White Light From The Mouth of Infinity
Alex Smoke – Love Over Will
Ben Frost – AURORA
John Zorn/Thurston Moore – “@”
Lionheart–Love Don’t Live Here
Tortoise – The Catastrophist
Aborted – Termination Redux EP
Muse – The Origin of Symmetry
Jake Tiernan
Black Tusk – Pillars of Ashe
Rwake – Xenoglossalgia: the Last Stage of Awareness
Raein – Il n’y a pas d’orchestra
PUP – S/T
Mudhoney – Superfuzz Bigmuff
Woe – Withdrawal
Full of Hell – Amber Mote in the Black Vault
Melvins – Stoner Witch
Old Man Gloom – Christmas
Colin Kauffman
Fort Minor – The Rising Tied
David Bowie – Blackstar
Borknagar – Winter Thrice
Fleshgod Apocalypse – Agony
Leafblade – The Kiss of Spirit and Flesh
Arcturus – Arcturian
Ihsahn – Eremita
Caligula’s Horse – Bloom
Megadeth – Dystopia
Kyle Gaddo
Dissona – Paleopneumatic
Agent Fresco – Destrier
Danimal Cannon – Lunaria
Pillars in the Sky – What Became of the Kingdom
Mandroid Echostar – Coral Throne
Rest Among Ruins – Fugue
Periphery – Juggernaut: Alpha
The Contortionist – Language
Rie a.k.a. Suzaku – Noah’s Ark
Kit Brown
Ulver – ATGCLVLSSCAP
After the Burial – Dig Deep
Dark Funeral – The Secrets of the Black Arts
Borknagar – Winter Thrice
Run the Jewels – Meow the Jewels
Swans – The Seer
Casualties of Cool – Casualties of Cool
Tool – Lateralus
Burzum – The Ways of Yore
-HB