Rolling Favorite Tracks + Albums 2015

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Might as well start it early this year.

TRACKS (they've been released 2014 online but are from TBA 2015 albums)
Tame Impala - Sitting Up On Our Crane
LION BABE - Jump Hi
JUCE - Call you out
Shura - Touch

(Are capitalized band names the stupid hip trend for 2015?)

Welcomed and Unwelcomed returns that we can expect this year:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_2015_albums

Moka, Sunday, 4 January 2015 23:11 (nine years ago) link

"Touch" already feels a million years old to me, but will be glad to hear a Shura album this year if it materializes.

Johnny Fever, Sunday, 4 January 2015 23:17 (nine years ago) link

She also has a couple other songs on her soundcloud if you're tired of Touch.

Moka, Sunday, 4 January 2015 23:22 (nine years ago) link

Yeah, those are okay, but there's a definite dropoff from "Touch".

Johnny Fever, Sunday, 4 January 2015 23:25 (nine years ago) link

Rae Morris's "Under the Shadows" is doing it for me. I love songs with that galloping "Running Up That Hill" beat.

https://soundcloud.com/raemorris/under-the-shadows

Johnny Fever, Sunday, 4 January 2015 23:28 (nine years ago) link

i don't think just because a band spells their name in ALL CAPS on social media that we do too

lex pretend, Sunday, 4 January 2015 23:38 (nine years ago) link

Yeah, I refuse to perpetuate this silliness. I only indulge tUnE-yArDs's bullshit because I like some of her songs.

Johnny Fever, Sunday, 4 January 2015 23:40 (nine years ago) link

who was the first band to do the dumb caps thing? fIREHOSE?

Ottbot jr (NickB), Sunday, 4 January 2015 23:42 (nine years ago) link

Been playing this one all morning but I can't seem to find any release for this one so I'm assuming it will be released this year:

Max Frost - Let Me Down Easy

https://soundcloud.com/maxfrostmusic/let-me-down-easy

Moka, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 23:52 (nine years ago) link

Wasn't "Call You Out" last year? I heard it months ago.

everyday sheeple (Michael B), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 23:55 (nine years ago) link

Read, son.

(they've been released 2014 online but are from TBA 2015 albums)

Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 06:12 (nine years ago) link

Currently enjoying the Dan Mangan album Club Meds

http://bandwidth.wamu.org/first-listen-dan-mangan-blacksmith-club-meds/

Dinsdale, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 19:28 (nine years ago) link

Kinda weirded out by the 'Eddie Vedder goes indie' vibe on some tracks though.

Dinsdale, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 19:33 (nine years ago) link

Prints_ - Ghosts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZeJeAnN5Mo

the QT conundrum (Moka), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 21:39 (nine years ago) link

I'll be working on updating this today:

http://open.spotify.com/user/moteldemoka/playlist/4f9B75qvJHYvZGVEnrQ07g

the QT conundrum (Moka), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 21:40 (nine years ago) link

Here's my own

http://open.spotify.com/user/mondosalvo/playlist/26wpFwLvIBM69SpJ5cWGhy

Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 21:45 (nine years ago) link

Stealing some of those!

the QT conundrum (Moka), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 21:48 (nine years ago) link

ha my 2015 traxlist is still empty!

seandalai, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 23:22 (nine years ago) link

For the lazy:

BC Camplight – Just Because I Love You
Belle & Sebastian – Perfect Couples
Blänk – Tears Run Dry
Django Django – First Light
Ibeyi – Ghosts
Jack Ladder and the Dreamlanders – Come on Back This Way (feat. Sharon Van Etten)
Jose Gonzalez – Leaf Off / The Cave
JUCE! – Call You Out
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – Sundry
Michna – Solid Gold (feat. MNDR)
Neu Balance – Restate - Dance Edit
Nite Fields – Prescription
Panda Bear – Butcher Baker Candlestick Maker
Prints_ - Ghosts
Purity Ring – begin again
Round – Glass
Shura – Touch
SOAK – Sea Creatures
Viet Cong – Bunker Buster

the QT conundrum (Moka), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 23:23 (nine years ago) link

One playlist I follow already has 330 songs in it.

Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 23:23 (nine years ago) link

One playlist I follow already has 330 songs in it.

― Johnny Fever

lol, I don't even have that many songs in my 2014 one. Full albums in there or what?

the QT conundrum (Moka), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 23:31 (nine years ago) link

Nope, individual tracks. It's hardly all to my taste, but it's a good way to spend a few minutes each night sampling the new additions.

http://open.spotify.com/user/baskrud/playlist/1e6dqkAfmZzRBrQj7hg915

His 2014 playlist (which is still being added to) has almost 7,300 songs in it:

http://open.spotify.com/user/baskrud/playlist/7illM5x9yBIUTRNTYnr34l

Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 23:33 (nine years ago) link

Wow. What? that's 20 days of music!

Nice find, there's many stuff I miss every year but this guy seems to pick everything thrown his way. Must be unemployed.

the QT conundrum (Moka), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 23:44 (nine years ago) link

Call You Out is 2014 for me. I listened to that Neu Balance album(/EP?) once but nothing registered. I like the Panda Bear album. Not sure about B+S yet. That's probably all the 2015 I've heard so far!

seandalai, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 23:50 (nine years ago) link

Yeah im keeping juce and shura on that list to remind me to check out their 2015 release. I'm afraid I'll forget if I don't have them around. I had shamir and lion babe in there but it seems like they are pretty popular already so if they release anything worthwhile this year I think the world will let me know.

the QT conundrum (Moka), Thursday, 22 January 2015 00:07 (nine years ago) link

i actually can't recall such a good january for new albums, like, ever

dawn richard - blackheart
jazmine sullivan - reality show
rae sremmurd - sremmlife
björk - vulnicura
romare - projections
sleater-kinney - no cities to love

^^this is like an EOY top 6 and we're only 22 days into 2015

lex pretend, Thursday, 22 January 2015 10:10 (nine years ago) link

romare - projections

^ what is this lex?

Ottbot jr (NickB), Thursday, 22 January 2015 10:12 (nine years ago) link

oh shit it's not out yet. so unused to getting promos this far in advance. out 23 feb, the single "roots" is one of the highlights http://ninjatune.net/release/romare/projections

lex pretend, Thursday, 22 January 2015 10:14 (nine years ago) link

Also for LJ: here is the Bill Orcutt song I tried to vote for in the 2011 tracks poll (except I fucked up and got the name of the song wrong):

the war on me (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 24 January 2015 10:11 (nine years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C6kUXj72qE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

^this is it right here. I called it The Visible Stain though (& also referred to him 'Phil' Orcutt Iin the nom thread)

the war on me (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 24 January 2015 10:13 (nine years ago) link

lol, yeah I will listen later! ty, exciting

heard the s-k album, yeah it's good

ear sirrom (imago), Saturday, 24 January 2015 10:55 (nine years ago) link

oh Phil oh Phil needs proper screaming - give Hoyos a call and patch things up!

xyzzzz__, Saturday, 24 January 2015 11:13 (nine years ago) link

zip it jools

ear sirrom (imago), Saturday, 24 January 2015 11:16 (nine years ago) link

er no.

xyzzzz__, Saturday, 24 January 2015 11:24 (nine years ago) link

Its not about you Louie, just thought what sounded like a bunch of Cecil Taylorisms were a bit weak.

xyzzzz__, Saturday, 24 January 2015 11:26 (nine years ago) link

Lol I totally posted that on the wrong thread my bad!

YES TYPE all your albums ballot out and post them here (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 24 January 2015 11:53 (nine years ago) link

It should def be reiterated: that track was from 2011, & those posts were meant for the tracks poll thread

YES TYPE all your albums ballot out and post them here (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 24 January 2015 11:59 (nine years ago) link

My expansive list as it exists right now: https://play.spotify.com/user/cryptosicko/playlist/7Gum6U8lkekMYW26bVENxM

That shit right there is precedented. (cryptosicko), Saturday, 24 January 2015 17:01 (nine years ago) link

The Romare is amazing. The first single Prison Blues is available on Spotify if you're curious. Also the Africa album from a couple of years back is worth anyone's time.

the QT conundrum (Moka), Saturday, 24 January 2015 18:07 (nine years ago) link

Spanish pop act Hidrogenesse album "Roma" out in 2 days

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koqxHvQwSsM

everyday sheeple (Michael B), Sunday, 25 January 2015 02:43 (nine years ago) link

three weeks pass...

this new William Ryan Fritch is beautiful

http://williamryanfritch.bandcamp.com/album/revisionist
or
https://play.spotify.com/album/4g5X9zE4COGi8CFEqLx7RS

Dinsdale, Friday, 20 February 2015 08:09 (nine years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRdDTz8wL30

Video from an Irish band called Girl Band. After watching the video I can say that they hid the bodies there because NOBODY is gonna fuck with them to look. Not safe for work, not safe for pretty much anything else either, so be warned.

Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 20 February 2015 10:17 (nine years ago) link

NYCNative - have you heard the original by Blawan?

I, (dog latin), Friday, 20 February 2015 12:29 (nine years ago) link

Some albums I rate in 2015:

Belle & Sebastien - Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance
Panda Bear - Meets The Grim Reaper
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Euclid
Twerps - Range Anxiety
Jasmine Guffond - Yellow Bell
Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter 3: River Run Thee
Kath Bloom - Pass Through Here
Peter Gordon/Love of Life Orchestra - Symphony 5
William Ryan Fritch - Revisionist

kriss akabusi cleaner (seandalai), Friday, 20 February 2015 21:21 (nine years ago) link

Favorite albums of the year so far, all of six or seven weeks into 2015:

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: Euclid (her album Tides is also very good)
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma: A Year with 13 Moons
Andrew Bird: Echolocations
Jose Gonzalez: Vestiges & Claws

I like the Bjork album too but haven't spent a lot of time with it. Her intensity does not exactly sync up with where I'm at mentally at the moment.

sctttnnnt (pgwp), Saturday, 21 February 2015 17:55 (nine years ago) link

Well if we're making lists...

Ryley Walker: Primrose Green
Jessica Pratt: On Your Own Love Again
William Ryan Fritch: Revisionist
Misþyrming: Söngvar elds og óreiðu
LabField: Bucket of Songs
Noveller: Fantastic Planet
*AR: Diagrams for the Summoning of Wolves
Eric Chenaux: Skullsplitter

Dinsdale, Saturday, 21 February 2015 20:18 (nine years ago) link

Swedish rapper Joy M'batha's new single "Ingen hejd" ("No Bounds") is just … BONKERS.

http://open.spotify.com/track/5CefubjHGVp6vOIkR3yAGK

Sleepy, Hollow (Paul in Santa Cruz), Monday, 2 March 2015 22:54 (nine years ago) link

Here's a short mix of my favorite tracks from February--Sam Prekop, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Mind over Mirrors, etc: http://open.spotify.com/user/scottpgwp/playlist/3eAlgWsk2dkDgiU8wJ3dwR

sctttnnnt (pgwp), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 04:31 (nine years ago) link

Scotty ATL – The Cooligan: http://open.spotify.com/album/74pegKaUWVkTkAfBIQ086Q

already posted this in the hip-hop thread, but this is my fav rap album from this year

welltris (crüt), Wednesday, 2 December 2015 17:37 (eight years ago) link

In a parallel universe, I've posted these a few at a time with enticing descriptions. Meanwhile, back in this one...

TRACKS
Paradis - Le Bal Des Oubliés
Louis The Child (feat. K.Flay) - It's Strange
Love Cult - Wonderland
Mickey Pearce - Wam Barzz

ALBUMS
Outfit - Slowness
Sam Binga - Wasted Days
Prurient - Frozen Niagara Falls
Johan Baeckström - Like Before
Frank Bretschneider - Sinn + Form
Karen Gwyer - Bouloman EP (https://youtu.be/k4rvSqRUyE4?list=PLDgd3W__NHCa5bV6MIBp_d51jD3C2uQC1)

https://open.spotify.com/user/paulsantacruz/playlist/4z4ux9com83ialHYlWxGOK

fka styx (paul santa cruz), Wednesday, 2 December 2015 23:06 (eight years ago) link

Guess it's not surprising the Prurient album already has fans upthread. It's so great!

fka styx (paul santa cruz), Wednesday, 2 December 2015 23:49 (eight years ago) link

aaah I'm sorry to post so much but the new Meridian Brothers album is awesome

https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/sounds-in-context-meridian-brothers/

It's a project dedicated to the organ. I was inspired by the ambient Hammond organists in Latin America, a style that developed in parallel to easy listening music genres in 60’s & 70’s. Organists from Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Panamá and Brazil developed a remarkable style performing with backing bands that played traditional instruments, with the organ as the central instrument – in some cases achieving really beautiful results. A sub-genre of organ cumbia was created also. This music is still played at some of the "sonideros" parties in Mexico and is very popular in Ecuador.

Starting from some of these records, I decided to investigate this style, using the timbre of the organ, but developing the style further and turning it into a kind of "impossible organ" music – a kind of un-easy listening. I used the same background instrumentation as was used in some of the tunes I was inspired by: double bass pizzicato, jazz-like drums and the organ (using software and hardware synthesizers). Occasionally, I also used drum machines and other electronic sounds. Because it's very difficult to play it on the organ alone, I used the sequencing capabilities of Ableton Live and Max for Live in order to achieve this "impossible" sound I wanted.

Meridian Brothers – Los Suicidas: https://open.spotify.com/album/5w7BQmCWZpkAvcTdLNEbPU

welltris (crüt), Thursday, 3 December 2015 06:07 (eight years ago) link

Sarah Davachi – Qualities of Bodies Permanent: http://open.spotify.com/album/3jTzO5EkvKGsFTa1Dkdxi8

this is GREAT

welltris (crüt), Thursday, 3 December 2015 14:44 (eight years ago) link

also great:

Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe & Ariel Kalma – FRKWYS Vol. 12 – We Know Each Other Somehow: http://open.spotify.com/album/0tZpgVVwThPf0LlU4tT6Jo

welltris (crüt), Thursday, 3 December 2015 14:50 (eight years ago) link

Just listening to that now after I spotted it on the Quietus list - not bad!

a cruet of destiny (seandalai), Thursday, 3 December 2015 15:09 (eight years ago) link

albums:

CFCF - Radiance & Submission
DJ Richard - Grind
DJ Sotofett - Drippin' for a Tripp (Tripp-A-Dubb-Mix)
Horsebeach - II
Ishinohana ‎– La Flor De Piedra
Jonny Nash - Exit Strategies
Journeymann Trax - Smoke Tape
Keita Sano - Holding New Cards
Levon Vincent - Levon Vincent
Project Pablo - I Want to Believe
Psychemagik - Psychemagik Presents Magik Sunset Part One
Ptaki - Przelot
Steve Hauschildt - Where All Is Fled
Suzanne Kraft - Talk From Home
Sven Atterton - The Cove
Syracuse - Liquid Silver Dream
Vakula - A Voyage to Arcturus
Various Artists - Collezione
Various Artists - Disco Dildar
Young Galaxy - Falsework

tracks:

Аllа Pugacheva - Cafe Dancing Lights (Krjuk Edit)
András & Oscar - (I Know) What You Want
Dan Lissvik - Shuvit!
DJ Slyngshot - High Times
Dude Energy - Renee Running
Eddie C - Cut, Chop, Roll, Skate
Ess O Ess - Cantillate (Suzanne Kraft Remix)
Foster - AEIOU
Golden Ivy - Vända Blad
Isolée - Favouride
Junktion - Pale Blue Dot
Laguna Ladies - Egyptian Bag
Local Artist - Feelings
Loose Joints - Is It All Over My Face (Kon's Duet Mix)
NO ZU - Greek Key (Heat Beat Mix)
Omar-S - I Wanna Know
Paraíso - Teu Sorriso (56 Mix)
Pender Street Steppers - The Glass City
Private Agenda - Deja Vu
Rébeval - Chantage
Samo DJ - Flyer Edit
Willow - Feel Me

karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 3 December 2015 18:14 (eight years ago) link

More tracks:

Autolux - Soft Scene (youtube, spotify)
Alex Adair - Make Me Feel Better (youtube, spotify)
Computer Magic - Secret (youtube, spotify)
Crying - Patriot (soundcloud, bandcamp)
Femme - S.O.S (youtube, spotify)
Miami Horror - Love Like Mine (youtube, spotify
Paradise Walk - Summer Heat (youtube, spotify)
Tamaryn - Hands All Over Me (youtube, spotify)
The Knocks - Collect My Love (youtube, spotify)
U.S. Girls - Damn That Valley (youtube, spotify)
Young Galaxy - Body (youtube, spotify)

Humean froth (Sanpaku), Saturday, 5 December 2015 04:06 (eight years ago) link

Jonny Nash - Exit Strategies

100% yes cosign on this from me

boxedjoy, Saturday, 5 December 2015 07:44 (eight years ago) link

xp I love the Miami Horror album. Great summer soundtrack for me this year.

canoon fooder (dog latin), Saturday, 5 December 2015 08:32 (eight years ago) link

just discovered this one, fun krautrock pastiche w/a goofy fabricated backstory:

Kosmischer Läufer – The Secret Cosmic Music of the East German Olympic Program, 1972–83, Vol. 3: http://open.spotify.com/album/4ZAtlPjTyeQeptFlp38oez

― welltris (crüt), Wednesday, December 2, 2015 1:01 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oops I thought this was real :/

noe love derp wev (wins), Saturday, 5 December 2015 12:10 (eight years ago) link

lol I didn't do any extensive research on it but it sounds super made-up & there is no evidence of it existing outside these releases

welltris (crüt), Saturday, 5 December 2015 13:57 (eight years ago) link

my excuse for my credulousness is the album came up as a spotify recommendation and I just took the title at face value without really thinking about it. I wouldn't even have seen the full album title as spotify only shows you the first 10 characters or something rubbish like that.

BAN ALCOHOL (wins), Sunday, 6 December 2015 20:39 (eight years ago) link

I hacked my longlist down to 30 albums. Some may fall out and others may creep in before it's all over, but these are what I spent the most time listening to this year...

Algiers - s/t
All We Are - s/t
Andy Gabbard - Fluff
Angel Haze - Back to the Woods
Baba Sissoko - Three Gees
Beach Slang - The Things We Do to Find People Who Feel Like Us
Bernard & Edith - Jem
Carly Rae Jepsen - E•MO•TION
Golden Rules - Golden Ticket
Grimes - Art Angels

Have You Ever Seen the Jane Fonda Aerobic VHS? - Teenage Sweetheart
Jay Rock - 90059
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
Loaf Muzik - Live From the Dungeon
Lower Dens - Escape From Evil
Lusts - Illuminations
Madjo - Invisible World
Marina & The Diamonds - Froot
Methyl Ethel - Oh Inhuman Spectacle
Monika - Secret in the Dark

Oshun - Asase Yaa
Phony Ppl - Yesterday's Tomorrow
Soko - My Dreams Dictate My Reality
Susanne Sundfør - Ten Love Songs
The Internet - Ego Death
Tove Styrke - Kiddo
Tunde Olaniran - Transgressor
Venera 4 - Eidôlon
Vince Staples - Summertime '06
Wet & Reckless - s/t

Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 7 December 2015 01:32 (eight years ago) link

TRACKS

Róisín Murphy - "House of Glass (Maurice Fulton remix)" HOLY BABY JESUS IN THE MANGER THIS IS AMAZING

Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 7 December 2015 05:08 (eight years ago) link

Speaking of Maurice Fulton, his 2015 album The Hydrangeas Whisper (spotify) under the alias Boof was worth a listen, though it doesn't cohere. Separate EPs of the minimal/stern odd-numbered tracks and of the more funky even-numbered ones would have worked better.

Humean froth (Sanpaku), Monday, 7 December 2015 05:34 (eight years ago) link

Have You Ever Seen the Jane Fonda Aerobic VHS? - Teenage Sweetheart

Saved on Spotify on strength of band name alone.

Jeff W, Monday, 7 December 2015 13:26 (eight years ago) link

21 albums

Polar Bear - Same As You
Four Tet - Morning/Evening
Destroyer - Poison Season
Susanne Sondfor - 10 Love Songs
Sleater Kinney - No Cities To Love
East India Youth - Culture of Volume
D'Angelo and The Vanguard - Black Messiah
Sons of Kemet - Lest We Forget What We Came Here To Do
Mbongwana Star - From Kinshasa
Floating Points - Elaenia
Julia Holter - Have You In My Wilderness
Battles - La Di Da Di
House of Blondes - Stranger Still
Bjork - Vulnicura
Algiers - Algiers
Kamasi Washington - The Epic
Shamir - Ratchet
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
Dan Deacon - Gliss Riffer
FFS - FFS
Young Fathers - White Men Are Black Men Too

Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 7 December 2015 13:50 (eight years ago) link

40x Q4 Tracks

Janet Jackson feat. Missy Elliott - BURNITUP!
Elle King - America’s Sweetheart / Kocaine Karlina
Selena Gomez - Hands To Myself / Rise
Beach House - Majorette
The Internet - Get Away
I Am Robot And Proud - Kira Kira Zig Zag
Iko Chérie feat. Laetitia Sadier - Go Now!
Iko Chérie - Good To You Again
Oneohtrix Point Never - Sticky Drama / No Good
Floating Points - Silhouettes (I, II & III)
Carla Morrison - Un Beso
Psychemagik feat. Navid Izadi - Mink & Shoes (Original Mix)
Grimes - Flesh without Blood / Easily / Butterfly
Micachu & The Shapes - Hazes
Jean-Michel Jarre feat. Lang Lang - The Train & The River
Anna Von Hausswolff - The Miraculous / An Oath
Ariana Grande - Focus
Cooly G & Marc Perrineau - WayBay
DJ Paypal - Slim Trak
DJ Paypal feat. Nangdo & DJ Taye - On a Cloud
Vérité - Wasteland
KDA feat. Tinie Tempah & Katy B - Turn The Music Louder (Rumble) (Radio edit)
M.I.A. - Borders
Missy Elliott feat. Pharrell Williams - WTF (Where They From)
JLin - Nandi
Barbara Morgenstern & Coppe’ - Aglow
Margaret Cho - (I Want To) Kill my Rapist
Margaret Cho - DICKtator
Stara Rzeka - Nie zblizaj sie do ognia
Cavern of Anti-Matter - Pulsing River Velvet Phase
Cavern of Anti-Matter - melody in high feedback tones
Toitoitoi - Golden Green
Giorgio Tuma with Malik Moore - My Lively Youth (Sean O’Hagan Remix)
David Bowie - Blackstar

Jeff W, Monday, 7 December 2015 14:05 (eight years ago) link

Can I start campaigning to count Nicolas Jaar's Nymphs I-IV as an Album? Because, as such, it's sitting comfortably in my 2015 top 10.

fka styx (paul santa cruz), Monday, 7 December 2015 20:24 (eight years ago) link

some stuff that hasn't been mentioned yet:

albums
Astrobrite - Deluxer
Kali Uchis - Por Vida EP
Mary Halvorson - Meltframe
The Amazing - Picture You
Celer & Nicholas Szczepanik - Here, for now

tracks:
GEoRGiA - "Heart Wrecking Animals"

scarlett bohansson (unregistered), Monday, 7 December 2015 20:34 (eight years ago) link

are The Amazing discussed anywhere on ilm? i really like their last record ('gentle stream') and it feels like it could have been a ILM Thing in some parallel universe but they're kind of hard to search for

ciderpress, Monday, 7 December 2015 20:55 (eight years ago) link

i'll have to listen to the new one now too i guess

ciderpress, Monday, 7 December 2015 20:56 (eight years ago) link

they've been mentioned here a few times, but mellow reverbed-out indie dreampop is (understandably) not going to make much of a splash on ilm in 2015

scarlett bohansson (unregistered), Monday, 7 December 2015 22:45 (eight years ago) link

idk if i'd characterize what i've heard as indie dreampop, it's more like jackson browne crossed with some of the stuff on the post-fahey thread

ciderpress, Monday, 7 December 2015 23:26 (eight years ago) link

hmm, interesting reference points. the best comparisons I can come up with are the second Telescopes album (which is itself a blend of shoegaze and Fairportsy folk-rock) and Midlake, and I don't hear as much of a direct classic rock/folk influence as some people seem to. Picture You has a few more loud feedbacky guitar passages than Gentle Stream (expecially on 'Safe Island') but overall it's not drastically different from every other Amazing album. I still feel like this sort of thing is anathema to ilm's current sensibilities, but I'd be happy to be proven wrong.

scarlett bohansson (unregistered), Monday, 7 December 2015 23:57 (eight years ago) link

Listening to "Picture You" now, it sounds a lot like Real Estate.

o. nate, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 02:39 (eight years ago) link

I like Picture You a lot

the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 03:12 (eight years ago) link

David Borden - Music for Amplified Keyboard Instruments

just found out this is a reissue of an album from 1981. oh well!!

welltris (crüt), Thursday, 10 December 2015 15:36 (eight years ago) link

it's really excellent tho. have u heard the Ami Shavit - In Alpha Mood album? 1977 release; for some reason the two feel like a pair for me this year

Mordy, Thursday, 10 December 2015 15:41 (eight years ago) link

Both of those are great!

a cruet of destiny (seandalai), Thursday, 10 December 2015 18:35 (eight years ago) link

The only albums from this year that I've really enjoyed are

Colleen - Captain Of None
Jlin - Dark Energy
Julia Holter - Have You In My Wilderness
Rabit - Communion
Visionist - Safe

I'm surprised the Visionist album hasn't been on more EOY lists, because it's brilliant

paolo, Thursday, 10 December 2015 18:37 (eight years ago) link

Picture You album is definitely one my favorites this year.

Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Friday, 18 December 2015 02:28 (eight years ago) link

Hmmm, late discovery. The Kickback (Spoon's Jim Eno=producer) - "Headhunter" (from album Sorry All Over The Place). Hadn't heard a thing about these angular pop guys, though apparently they've been kicking around for years before recording their debut.

dlp9001, Friday, 18 December 2015 02:50 (eight years ago) link

Here's a link to a playlist of my favorite tracks of the year: http://open.spotify.com/user/scottpgwp/playlist/7ilAqzxqmsAQ8xGcozIWce

Not ranked, but rather ordered as a pleasurable listening experience. Some obvious stuff (Tame Impala, Kurt Vile, Bjork), and perhaps some less obvious stuff (Jonas Munk, C. Duncan, Roedelius)--also people don't seem to have noticed that Radio Dept released some great singles this year, and the Walkmen essentially reformed without calling themselves the Walkmen.

sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 18 December 2015 04:16 (eight years ago) link

Selected 25 albums of the year for my radio show last week:

75 Dollar Bill – Wooden Bag / Southeaster b/w Like Like Laundry
Apprentice Destroyer - Glass Ceiling Universe
The Black Heart Rebellion - People, when you see the smoke, do not think it is fields they’re burning
Chuck Johnson – Blood Moon Boulder
Colin Stetson & Sarah Neufeld - Never Were The Way She Was
Helm - Olympic Mess
Jlin - Dark Energy
Joanna Newsom - Divers
Kamasi Washington - The Epic
Kara-Lis Coverdale – Aftertouches
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
Kurt Vile - b’lieve i’m goin down
Lieven Martens Moana - Songs Of Gold, Incandescent
Lil Noid – Paranoid Funk
Mariem Hassan & Vadiya Mint El Hanevi - Baila Sahara Baila
Nidia Minaj - Danger
Mbongwana Star - From Kinshasa
Obnox - Know America
Oneohtrix Point Never – Garden of Delete
Oren Ambarchi - Live Knots
Stara Rzeka - Zamknely Sie Oczy Ziemi
Peder Mannerfelt - The Swedish Congo Record
Sightings - Amusers And Puzzlers
V/A - Exo (Ekster)
Young Thug - Barter 6

Now trying to cut down my favorite tracks to 20 for a fb post on the station's page:

Call Super - Fluenka Self
Chuck Johnson - Silver Teeth In The Sun
Colin Stetson & Sarah Neufeld - he Sun Roars Into View
Dektro - Langhors
Dj Taye & Dj PayPal - Go Away
Drake - Hotline Bling
Good Willsmith - Real Wet Feet Get Real Wet
Helm - I Exist In A Fog
Hey Colossus - Hey, Dead Eyes, Up!
Jamie xx, Popcaan, Young Thug - Good Times
Jlin - Nandi
Jonas Meersmans - Agamemnon
Julia Holter - Vasquez
Kendrick Lamar - How Much A Dollar Cost
Kurt Vile - Lost My Head There
Mbongwana Star - Nganshé
Nidia Minaj - Pra Fechar
Oneohtrix Point Never - No Good
Ossia - Red X
Ought - Beautiful Blue Sky
Peder Mannerfelt - Circumcision Dance
Razen - Reaper
RB Boo - Bang'n On King Dr.
Savant - Using Words
Sheer Mag - Button Up
Sightings - Counterfeited
Young Thug - Constantly Hating

maarten, Sunday, 27 December 2015 12:57 (eight years ago) link

Can i just say how much i love music's diversity... both the artistic field and the ILX collective's groupmind? We're a few days away from the end of the year and here's a list of new music that mostly hasn't been mentioned prior... not just on this thread but ANY of the genre threads! It is, to relocate the old proverb about chess, a river from which a flea may sip or an elephant may quench its thirst.

Does that make you mutter, under your breath, “Damn”? (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 27 December 2015 19:36 (eight years ago) link

hey maarten, you should nominate a bunch of those for the ILM EOY poll (and then vote for them!)

a cruet of destiny (seandalai), Monday, 28 December 2015 12:35 (eight years ago) link

my EOY summation: http://cancatervation.tumblr.com/post/136311733572/2015

art baengels (monotony), Thursday, 31 December 2015 06:57 (eight years ago) link

Eazy - thanks for posting the Frazey Ford track upthread. The album is lovely.

canoon fooder (dog latin), Thursday, 31 December 2015 10:42 (eight years ago) link

I genuinely don't have it in me to comb through this thread to clean it up so I'm wrapping it up for the year. If I missed something or if a track comes available sometime in the future, bump here to let me know and I'll add.

Rolling Favorite Tracks of 2015 Thread Spotify Playlist

A once-off reminder that voting for your favourite tracks + albums 2015 is currently open and there are ~7 days left to submit your ballot.

ILM's 2015 End of Year Albums & Tracks Poll / VOTING THREAD

http://ukmidcopts.org/images/diocese_youth/get_involved.jpg

Vote! In the ILM EOY Poll! (seandalai), Saturday, 9 January 2016 17:21 (eight years ago) link

also people don't seem to have noticed that Radio Dept released some great singles this year, and the Walkmen essentially reformed without calling themselves the Walkmen.

― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Thursday, December 17, 2015 11:16 PM (4 weeks ago) Bookmark

Ha, I had no clue on either front, so appreciate the news. I was thinking about Radio Dept recently, seems like ages ago since their last album.

Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Friday, 15 January 2016 22:19 (eight years ago) link

A bit late, but here's 10 tracks I dug from 2015: http://2012yearinmusic.blogspot.com/2016/01/10-songs-2015.html

o. nate, Saturday, 23 January 2016 03:47 (eight years ago) link

My albums, tracks and EPs are here (in blocks of five because I find Tumblr struggles with any more embeds at a time).

boxedjoy, Monday, 25 January 2016 22:00 (eight years ago) link

eight months pass...

duane pitre - organized pitches occurring in time

braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Saturday, 1 October 2016 00:19 (seven years ago) link

whoops, wrong thread

braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Saturday, 1 October 2016 00:20 (seven years ago) link


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