Explosions In The Sky - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place

Post-rock is nearly ideal coding music.

I'm picky about my post-rock, but I like Jesu a lot, Neurosis occasionally, and Pelican OK. Most of it is just too vague and meandering...but records that lack lyrics (or identifiable ones, anyway) are best for my productivity.

Great choices... I've seen Jesu and Isis live in the past month or so; they both were great.

The last song I heard that really blew me away was "The Catastrophe and The Cure" by this group. I agree that it's good coding music too.

Definitely -- Tortoise is an old standby.

The name "post-rock" feels a little absurd to me, though.

Exactly. 'Post' implies it ended at some point. And that's something no one will ever agree on the when or if it has ever really died in the first place.

I just uploaded this today to share to a friend. Prepare to laugh a lot: http://kirigin.com/music/dc.html

I've been listening to Timbaland's "Give it to me" and "The way I are" for about 2 weeks straight. Normally, Autechre, Tool, Boards of Canada, AphexTwin, Radiohead, and NIN populate my playlists.

Any Trouble - Where are all the nice girls?

I just discovered this old Stiff Records act from the 80's, and love several of their songs. I likes my rock and roll obscure.

Earlier today I was listening to the new record from the New Pornographers.

Mogwai, Terrific Speech 2

Squarepusher, Hello Meow

"My Red Hot Car" is one of my favorite songs. Gotta get the extended version though.

Thank you! That used to have a permanent spot on my playlist ~5-6 years ago and I had completely forgotten about it. What a gem.

Kenna, Out of Control

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ESWWnJ1nBJw Skip to 30 secs.

Kenna's new album was OK, but his first one, New Sacred Cow was a masterpiece. Definitely my favorite album of 2003.

This is the video of the first single, it was adapted from an Oscar nominated short film. www.youtube.com/watch?v=owS1coeoWEc

NY, Chrome Dreams II ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrome_Dreams_II

"Orbital - Doctor?"

I'm at work, and my work playlist on anywhere.fm has a bunch of Orbital on it...very soothing. :)

George Kirbye, "With Angel's Face and Brightness". From The Triumphs of Oriana, compiled by Thomas Morley.

Death Is the Road to Awe, Clint Mansell

The entire soundtrack to The Fountain is pure excellence. The Last Man is my favorite track off that album, after Death is the Road to Awe. Very haunting and beautiful.

Cat Stevens, foreigner suite. Something none of you have listened to and probably never will.

My boss on a conference call making my IQ drop. I'd better put on my headphones now.

The Aquabats - Worms Make Dirt

Mike Oldfield, Tubular World.

The little voice in my head, saying, "Who wrote this $*(&##?" That is all.

Dave Brubeck, Time Out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Out_(album)

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, "Raising Sand"

jwz's mixtapes

http://cerebrum.dnalounge.com/mixtapes/

I've been enjoying those too.

Broken Social Scene - You Forgot it in People

The Adam Carolla Daily Radio Show Podcast

Fishbone's "Still Stuck in Your Throat"

Spiritualized, You Know it's true

Tito Nieves, Fabricando Fantasias

Vince Guaraldi, Linus and Lucy

The Kinks - This Time Tomorrow

Wyclef Jean -- The Carnival

harry potter audiobook :P

The Lord Of The Rings OST

Kaskade, Steppin' Out

Ministry of Sound 2008

Smashing Pumpkins.

Burial, Archangel

Electrelane!

the NEW scary kids scaring kids

Tupac Still Ballin. Whooooo.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Gw0z87x-Ds

desmond dekker - unity

This does not seem like Hacker News

Actually, I find talk of music coming up a lot in programming circles. People need to focus. Music helps them do that. Headphones as an isolation & concentration device are key to my development setup.

Get over yourself

Right now I've been working through a compilation of my all-time favorite songs. There are a few thousand songs on it. Here's a few:

10,000 Maniacs - These Are Days A. Krauss & Union Station - Wild Bill Jones<br /> Afro Celt Sound System - Release<br /> Alanis Morissette - Excuses<br /> Alpinestars - Hotel Parallel<br /> Ani DiFranco - Fierce Flawless<br /> Animaniacs - The Planets<br /> Autamata - Jellyman<br /> Banana splits (Tra la la song) (live) - Dickies - Dickie<br /> Beck & Emmylou Harris - Sin City<br /> Billie Holiday - Ain`t Nobody`s Business If I Do<br /> Billy Joe and the Checkmates - Percolator<br /> Bloodhound Gang - A Lap Dance Is So Much Better if the Stripper is Crying<br /> Bela Fleck & The Flecktones - Sojourn Of Arjuna<br /> C. t. King & T. Linden - John Law Burned Down The Liquo<br /> Calexico - El Picador<br /> carbon leaf - let your troubles roll by<br /> Carbon Leaf - On Any Given Day<br /> 'Suede' - Nina Simone - Feeling Good<br /> Chet Atkins - Peanut Vendor<br /> Chet Atkins - Wheels<br /> Cocteau Twins - Alice<br /> The Cowboy Junkies - Ooh Las Vegas<br /> Crash Test Dummies - Superman's Song<br /> Cyril Pahinui - Panini Pua Kea<br /> Dean Martin - CHA CHA CHA D'AMORE-DINO<br /> The Dickies - Toxic Avenger<br /> Franz Ferdinand - Matinee<br /> Friends of Dean Martinez - All the Pretty Horses<br /> G. Welch & D. Rawlings - I Want To Sing That Rock And Roll Music<br /> Gillian Welch - Hickory Wind<br /> Havalinas - losing you<br /> Hellecasters - hall of the mountain king.mp3<br /> Henry Mancini - Baby Elephant Walk<br /> Howlin' Wolf - Three Hundred Pounds of Joy<br /> Howlin' Wolf - Built For Comfort<br /> J.J. Jackson & The Jackaels - Oo-Ma-Liddi<br /> Jai Uttal - Lake Of Exploits<br /> Jimmie Vaughan - Dengue Woman Blues<br /> Jon Wayne - Texas Funeral<br /> The Kinks - Apeman<br /> Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat<br /> Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World<br /> Man... or Astro-Man? - A Mouthful of Exhaust<br /> Momo Wandel Soumah - Felenko Yefe<br /> The Mrs Ackroyd Band - Dachshunds With Erections Can't Climb Stairs<br /> Neko Case - Things That Scare Me<br /> Nick Lowe - Mary Provost<br /> Old 97s - Won`t Be Home<br /> The Modern Lovers - Pablo Picasso<br /> Paris Combo - Senor<br /> Patsy Cline - Crazy<br /> paul simon - graceland<br /> Phil Phillips - The Evil Dope<br /> Placebo - Running Up That Hill<br /> The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York<br /> Princess Ramona - Then I Start To Yodel<br /> Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody<br /> Rezillos - Glad All Over<br /> Rezillos - (My Baby Does) Good Sculptures<br /> Richard Thompson - Beeswing<br /> Richard Thompson - Walking The Long Miles Home<br /> Roger Miller - King of the Road<br /> Sarah McLachlan - World on Fire<br /> Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll - Ian Dury<br /> Southern Culture On The Skids - Voodoo Cadillac<br /> Southern Culture On The Skids - Camel Walk<br /> Southern Culture On The Skids - Too Much Pork For Just One Fork<br /> Stereo Instrumental Oldies - bob moore - mexico.mp3<br /> Stereo Instrumental Oldies - string-a-longs - wheels<br /> Throwing Muses - Golden Thing<br /> tom waits - big time - 10 - big black mariah<br /> Toy Dolls - Nellie The Elephant<br /> Buena Vista Social Club<br /> John Trubee - a blind man's penis<br /> Venus Hum - Soul Sloshing<br /> QUINCY JONES - SOUL BOSSA NOVA<br /> Yma Sumac - Wimoweh<br /> yma sumac_taki rari.mp3<br /> zarah leander - wunderbar<br /> Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane pour moi<br /> Germfree adolescents - X-Ray Spex<br />

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