Seems the reverse is true most of the time...maybe not as much at first glance? Dunno
REM got louder Scott WalkerRadioheadWireDepeche Mode ?
― Master of Treacle, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 18:29 (twelve years ago)
Wire
wtf their 80s stuff is way less "difficult" than their first 3
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 18:30 (twelve years ago)
sorry, just compared to Pink Flag
― Master of Treacle, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 18:31 (twelve years ago)
Tom Waits
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 18:32 (twelve years ago)
the BeatlesFaith No More
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 18:33 (twelve years ago)
Joni Mitchell
Miles Davis (stepped back in the 80s obv)Yes up to Relayer
xxpost Ha, the Beatles has to be the most obvious one!
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 18:34 (twelve years ago)
blurU2, up to a point
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 18:37 (twelve years ago)
Talk Talk
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 18:37 (twelve years ago)
low
John Coltrane
This seems to be fairly common for composers:
BeethovenElliot CarterArnold SchoenbergAlban BergAnton Webern
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 18:37 (twelve years ago)
Jungle BrothersDivine Styler
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 18:38 (twelve years ago)
wilco
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 18:38 (twelve years ago)
Did Low do anything that was particularly aggressive or weird?
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 18:38 (twelve years ago)
the knife
― "LOL is other people" - Jean-Paul Snarktre (wins), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 18:38 (twelve years ago)
well low got "louder"
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 18:39 (twelve years ago)
Shudder To Think
― Master of Treacle, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 18:40 (twelve years ago)
I feel like "boring indie band notice dub/idm/krautrock exists & expect a fuckin medal" should be a separate thread
― "LOL is other people" - Jean-Paul Snarktre (wins), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 18:40 (twelve years ago)
(re radiohead blur wilco &c)
― "LOL is other people" - Jean-Paul Snarktre (wins), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 18:41 (twelve years ago)
The Knife is a good one.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 18:42 (twelve years ago)
Not that he hasn't always been kinda experimental, but Rundgren going from "Hello It's Me" to "A Treatise On Cosmic Fire" within the span of three years gets kinda weird and difficult.
― New Authentic Everybootsy Collins (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 18:42 (twelve years ago)
Sly Stone, to some extent
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 18:42 (twelve years ago)
portishead is another
― "LOL is other people" - Jean-Paul Snarktre (wins), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 18:43 (twelve years ago)
japan/sylvian
― "LOL is other people" - Jean-Paul Snarktre (wins), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 18:44 (twelve years ago)
Was thinking 2 or 3 of these elements usually go together but suppose they're not always the one and the same....Fugazi toned the volume down on and off towards the end but increased their experimental side..but were still recognizably Fugazi
― Master of Treacle, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 18:47 (twelve years ago)
Neil Young
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 18:49 (twelve years ago)
scott walker: mor -> weird -> mor -> weird
― sleepingsignal, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 18:49 (twelve years ago)
Curtis Stigers
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 18:49 (twelve years ago)
Chris Rea...apparently
― Master of Treacle, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 18:51 (twelve years ago)
Chris Rea hasn't really got weird, but his choice of projects certainly has
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 19:10 (twelve years ago)
Outkast
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 19:11 (twelve years ago)
Big Star
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 19:15 (twelve years ago)
The Who got louder than they were at the beginning. Not satisfied, they got louder than everyone else, too.
"Weirder" is a tough one...they largely ditched the feedback, but in favor of minimalist organ/synth loops.
― Pope Frank is the messenger of your doom (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 19:15 (twelve years ago)
MinistryThe Cure
― Alex in NYC, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 19:15 (twelve years ago)
James Brown
― Pope Frank is the messenger of your doom (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 19:16 (twelve years ago)
SWANS
― Alex in NYC, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 19:17 (twelve years ago)
Tim Buckley
― bowling for bitcoins (Lee626), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 19:18 (twelve years ago)
swans got less loud thru the 80s
― sleepingsignal, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 19:21 (twelve years ago)
First SWANS record is significantly LESS loud that the albums that came after it, though you're right -- they then got less loud again (though in an entirely different way).
― Alex in NYC, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 19:21 (twelve years ago)
than...
yeah i know filth is more straightforward than their subsequent stuff ... op specifies "over time" which i read as more than the difference between a couple of albums.
― sleepingsignal, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 19:28 (twelve years ago)
― "LOL is other people" - Jean-Paul Snarktre (wins), Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:40 PM (51 minutes ago)
hahaha
― Evan, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 19:34 (twelve years ago)
Marianne Faithfull, perhaps
― bowling for bitcoins (Lee626), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 19:40 (twelve years ago)
Bjork, obv
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 19:41 (twelve years ago)
Black Flag bringing the late weirdness.
― Hellhouse, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 20:47 (twelve years ago)
MBV, compared to the pre-Isn't Anything years?
― Master of Treacle, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 00:23 (twelve years ago)
Massive Attack
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 00:29 (twelve years ago)
The Clash
― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 01:11 (twelve years ago)
julian cope
― I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 01:56 (twelve years ago)
Flaming Lips, since the mid 00s, although I am very much aware they went the opposite way up to 2002.
― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 01:56 (twelve years ago)
john fahey.
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 01:57 (twelve years ago)
Sun Ra, though he slipped in and out of it
― c21m50nh3x460n, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 05:37 (twelve years ago)
Miles DavisMac DrePantera
― SeanWayne, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 05:43 (twelve years ago)
Bjork and The Knife were the ones that immediately came to mind.
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 05:52 (twelve years ago)
Primal Scream up until Exterminator.
Soft Cell seemed to get a bit darker with their three albums.
I haven't heard all his albums but Tricky seemed to following this pattern for a while.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 06:25 (twelve years ago)
you forget "give out but don't give up"
― fit and working again, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 06:48 (twelve years ago)
also re primal scream:
― fit and working again, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 06:51 (twelve years ago)
Okay fair enough. I did think Give Up did kind of count as it's a little more aggressive/louder than Screamadelica.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 07:40 (twelve years ago)
Love
― Tom D (Tom D.), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 09:46 (twelve years ago)
Divine Styler
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), 16. huhtikuuta 2013 21:38
Divine Styler's third album is much more straightforward hip-hop (though still kinda eccentric) than the second one.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 11:04 (twelve years ago)
Mouse on Mars is a pretty good example of this, no? Their first album is pretty straightforward techno/trance, in the 00s they're doing artsy IDM and collaborating with the Fall singer.
Also a good example of this kind of progression not necessarily being a good thing.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 11:07 (twelve years ago)