Yep, Pokey is Gumby's green-horse companion. He's also one of my birds. He is sitting with me now.
Information Retrieved is not as good as the other two I mentioned earlier though it is their most recent offering from 2012.
Toy Matinee is 90s progressive rock. One record only. They were local from LA and got a lot of airplay. Some one here on the gone' mentioned this a number of months back in a different thread and so reminded me that I had it in my collection. Played it on my Oppo 105 and found it sounded quite good sonically. I've always loved that record. I'm sure it is out of print but it may be available on one of the music services or used possibly.
I looked up Stars of the Lid on Amazon but they don't have any clips for that band. Did find on YouTube though and am listening now. Which albums do you like best? And the Keharak (sp?) Incident can't be found on either Amazon or a Google search; at least not by me. Also couldn't find on YouTube. I am planning to get a Sonos in the next few months so I should be able to check them out then and I do look forward to it.
I do like ambient music, quite allot actually. Bands like The Album Leaf, Dntel, Mum, FS Blum, Boards of Canada, Explosions in the Sky, The Books, etc. Some of these I'd file under experimental because they are ambient with blips and clicks and music clips and samples all mixed up. That's where Prefuse 73 fits in. The guy behind the moniker is brilliant and has a quite a body of work over the last decade. He's been quite prolific. The genre also borrows from R&B and even on occasion from Rap. But nearly all this stuff is always just instrumental with no or very few vocals. This is the stuff that has really sparked my interest in the last five years. It's given me so many new avenues to explore and I feel totally invigorated by it.
My other favorite genre is Alternative Country with bands like Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt, Wilco, etc. Most of those records though are not very well recorded. So they are mostly played in the car.
Information Retrieved is not as good as the other two I mentioned earlier though it is their most recent offering from 2012.
Toy Matinee is 90s progressive rock. One record only. They were local from LA and got a lot of airplay. Some one here on the gone' mentioned this a number of months back in a different thread and so reminded me that I had it in my collection. Played it on my Oppo 105 and found it sounded quite good sonically. I've always loved that record. I'm sure it is out of print but it may be available on one of the music services or used possibly.
I looked up Stars of the Lid on Amazon but they don't have any clips for that band. Did find on YouTube though and am listening now. Which albums do you like best? And the Keharak (sp?) Incident can't be found on either Amazon or a Google search; at least not by me. Also couldn't find on YouTube. I am planning to get a Sonos in the next few months so I should be able to check them out then and I do look forward to it.
I do like ambient music, quite allot actually. Bands like The Album Leaf, Dntel, Mum, FS Blum, Boards of Canada, Explosions in the Sky, The Books, etc. Some of these I'd file under experimental because they are ambient with blips and clicks and music clips and samples all mixed up. That's where Prefuse 73 fits in. The guy behind the moniker is brilliant and has a quite a body of work over the last decade. He's been quite prolific. The genre also borrows from R&B and even on occasion from Rap. But nearly all this stuff is always just instrumental with no or very few vocals. This is the stuff that has really sparked my interest in the last five years. It's given me so many new avenues to explore and I feel totally invigorated by it.
My other favorite genre is Alternative Country with bands like Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt, Wilco, etc. Most of those records though are not very well recorded. So they are mostly played in the car.