New and Noteworthy Additions to US Spotify

Relatively light week which is great; I'm like thirty albums behind on things I'm trying to listen to!

Trentmoller - Lost Reworks
Hyuna - A Talk
Sinkane - Mean Love
Jute Gyte - Ressentiment
Lee Scratch Perry and Iguana - Vibes
Bjork - Vespertine Live
Homeboy Sandman - Hallways
Arthur Collins - The King of the Ragtime Singer (amazing music but some of it is nearly obscenely offensive)

New singles from Prince (and it's very good!), Tim McGraw, Jason Aldean, Jhene Aiko, Tensnake, Hercules and Love Affair, Theophilus London and Jesse Boykins III, Busdriver, Mac Lethal ("Incredible Mozart Rap" lolz 4eva), I Octane, Hawkwind, I LOVE MAKONNEN

Also a bunch of re-released jazz compilations from Django, Lester Young, Art Tatum, Hank Mobley, Sidney Bichet, Peggy Lee, Errol Garner, Mel Torme, Ella Fitzgerald...

Aaaaaaand William Basinski's complete remastered Disintegration Loops vols 1,2,3,4!

oh yeah, I'm also doing a flyer on a swedish pop band called Max Von Sydow
"Ugly Girls Ugly Boys" sounds pretty good

sorting hat not updated yet?

Er, sorting hat was updated this morning. Refresh your browser?

ah, there it goes.

is this the first time spotify has had the sleater-kinney albums?

Some stuff I flagged:

Game Theory
In The Valley Below
DBridge
Kid Drama
The Madden Brothers
The Cross
IDIOTAPE
Lonely The Brave
My Extraordinary
Haerts
Heimataerde
YOB
Earth
Solstafir
Dark Fortress
Blood Of Kingu
Krieg
Jute Gyte
Horned Almighty
The Color Morale
Amber Pacific
Xilent feat. Grimm
Pavel Dovgal
Rothko
SuidAkrA
Immortal Guardian
Deceptic
D.Z.
Malrun
Alex Boye
Neopera
Aeon Zen
KATRINE LUKINS
FRONTIER BACKYARD
Little Bark
Restorations
Autumn's Dawn

So it seems like a pretty decent week to me!

(I'm not sure about the whole S-K history, but I think we had some or all of them already, so this may just be a licensing/metadata update or something.)

Blonde Redhead

I was kinda hoping this would be a thread of recommendations. Glenn, should I be listening to Haerts? Defend YOSELF

I'll say, at least, that the Game Theory reissue (Blaze of Glory), which is the beginning of a full GT reissue campaign by Omnivore, is a tiny wonder from the world of nerdy just-post-punk Californian power-pop, and if you like that sort of thing and don't already know Game Theory, your Spotify subscription is about to pay for itself.

The only other two I've had time to absorb are Solstafir (Icelandic black/progressive metal band sounding increasingly self-assured and ambitious) and Malrun (Danish melodic rock/metal band stomping around in enthusiastic and borderline glam-rocky fashion).

Oh, and the great pop-rock single "Running to You" by a Latvian teenager named Katrine Lukins.

Oh, and I'm now liking the slightly shoegazey indie-rock crunch of Basement on this 3-song EP Further Sky.

And if you don't know Rothko, and think the sound of ambient/post-rock humming with multiple bass players sounds intriguing, their compilation "A Life Lived Elsewhere" is just up, and a pretty decent intro to the band.

will check these out, thanks!

my favorite thing to do Tuesday... scanning the sorting hat!

Fool's Gold · "I'm in Love (Single)"
Ariel Pink · "Put Your Number In My Phone"
Karen O · Crush Songs
Interpol · El Pintor
American Hi-Fi · Blood & Lemonade
Amy Lee · Aftermath
Tiny Moving Parts · Pleasant Living
Cem Özkan · Balkan Harbi 1912-1913 (Orijinal Belgesel Müzikleri)
The Shaolin Afronauts · Follow the Path
Orlando Julius with The Heliocentrics · Jaiyede Afro
Addys Mercedes · Locomotora a Cuba
Fall Out Boy · "Centuries"
Jewish Monkeys · Mania Regressia

Hiss Golden Messenger's new one is up now too.

For me:

Jhene Aiko - Souled Out
Meghan Trainor - Title
Rittz - Next to Nothing
Clinton Sparks - ICONoclast
Busdriver - Perfect Hair
Banks - Goddess
DJ Shadow - The Liquid Amber EP
Quantic - La Plata
Charlie Barnet - ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? remastered
Sergio Mendes - Magic
Fucked Up - Paper the House / Sun Glass
Eric Reed - Groovewise
KMFDM - We Are (live)
Coreon Du - Binario

New singles from Aphex Twin, Caribou, Robyn, Zola Jesus, Yacht, Ariel Pink, Kid Ink / Usher / Tinashe, Lupe Fiasco / Jennifer Hudson / Common, Vince Staples, Dizzy Wright, Lady Antebellum, Big and Rich, Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, Mord Fustang, Fall Out Boy, Lecrae, SBTRKT, The Bug, Nikki Yanofsky, Edgar Meyer / Chris Thile

Also, the complete Pharcyde catalog just added!

i've got almost nothin this week. i'll be curious to see what other ppl come up w/:

Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood · Juice
Aviv Geffen · Sdakim

maybe this too:

Aurelio · Lándini

Well here's a thread I wish I had seen/bookmarked a while ago

blake mills - heigh ho

Is there a function on Spotify that lets you see what was recently added? I get little notifications once in a while but they're kind of paltry.

use the sorting hat:
http://everynoise.com/spotify_new_releases.html

Joell Ortiz - House Slippers
Chris Brown - X
Mike Doughty - Stellar Motel
Tim McGraw - Sundown Heaven Town
Rusko - !
Gregory Porter - Issues of Life
Souls of Mischief - There Is Only Now
Jason Moran - ALL RISE: An Elegy to Fats Waller

(Mordy, you should check out those last three.)

New singles from Tove Lo, Ne Yo and Juicy J, K Michelle, Jazmine Sullivan, Lucinda Williams, Tinashe, Betty Who, Sisquo with Waka (?!?!), Yung Joc with T-Pain, Lil Flip, Annie Lennox, Caribou, SBTRKT, Large Professor, Royskopp/Robyn 'Monument' remix, Sarkodie, Busy Signal, Vybz Kartel, DJ Nastor and Nortec Collective with Bostich/Fussible

Glenn, how does the hat handle albums/singles NOT released on Tuesday? I was looking to this as a weekly pickup compendium but I'm gathering lots goes in at other times. Never saw the Jeezy album show up in the hat as a for instance?

You're doing the lord's work here.

Each Tuesday's Hat includes things released on Spotify from the previous Wednesday through that Tuesday. The Jeezy record was in the 9/2 Hat.

ah, good to hear; i must've just overlooked it. also saves me from getting obsessive about FOMO.
Btw, show your overlords this thread -> get the hat added to the spotify frontpage -> get a big raise -> start a cult in bermuda -> ilx works

so this went up this week too:

Distant Cousins · "Distant Cousins EP"

notable to me primarily bc it's comprised of former members of jewish alt-rock stalwarts moshav band + blue fringe. unfortunately it's not explicitly alt-orthodox sadly :/

ooo, also:

Imo Brothers International Band · Ole Ihe Gi Onwu 3
Imo Brothers International Band of Owerri · Nneji Special 4
Imo Brothers International Band of Owerri · Uwa Ekwe Nmeta 4

great nigerian highlife - dunno if reissues or just first time on spotify

Aphex Twin · Syro
The Smashing Pumpkins · Adore
Tinariwen · "Iljaych Tareq"
Sarah Silverman · We Are Miracles

This is a pretty great week!

Snootie Wild - Go Mode
Aphex Twin - Syro
Luke James - s/t
Jennifer Hudson - JHUD
The Knife - Ready to Lose/Stay Out Here Remixes
Mapei - Hey Hey
Slum Village - Vintage
Dntel - Human Voice
Kenny Chesney - The Big Revival
AR Rahman - I (Ost)
King Tuff - Black Moon Spell
Jerry Lee Lewis - The Knox Phillips Sessions
Anamanaguchi - Pop It
Yung Lean (showing up as "yunglean") - Unknown Memory

Singles from TI , Prince, Busy Signal, Vybz Kartel, Lee Scratch Perry, SBTRKT, Ylvis, Stevie Nicks, Jose Gonzalez, Migos, Rick Ross and Project Pat, Yelawolf, Big Sean and E40, Jessie J, Jennifer Lopez and Iggy Azalea, Mary J, Boyz II Men, Estelle, Goapele with Snoop, Kiesza and Joey Badass, Imagine Dragons, Paloma Faith, Annie, Tove Lo, Blake Shelton with Ashley Monroe on one and RaeLynn on another, Mord Fustang, Elliphant with Mø, Lordi, Tinariwen, Bela Fleck with Abigail Washburn, Liam Bailey with A$AP Ferg, Nancy Whant

Those first four albums should keep me busy all month at least

it doesn't seem like the syro album is working yet

It is working for me at this very moment.

Anyway, I came here to ask: Is there a way to filter the sorting hat so that it shows only albums?

mine says This track is currently not available in the US. If you have the file on your computer...

i'll restart my client and try again i guess

cool - that did it

Jaymc, I'll try to add an albums-only filter next week or the week after.

I don't know why I had any high expectations for this Mapei album, but...pew.

lol look at what got buried under the video game music category:

Goat · Commune

lol

soundtrack to an area in goat simulator no doubt

heh, there's one i missed too

can i ask if someone here works for spotify—why can we not access "my music" on the ipad app yet? is that coming soon?

Jaymc, I'll try to add an albums-only filter next week or the week after.

Cool, thanks, Glenn!

Yes, I work for Spotify, and yes, iPad updates are on the way! I don't know a specific date (and I'm not personally involved), but it shouldn't be too much longer.

:)

"Neil Young updated Neil Young's discography" just came up on my activity feed, lol

i loved garth brooks when i was very young. my mom always had his albums on cassette in the family van. this man has made it impossible to legally hear his music digitally for < $13

and so i will never hear it again

i got garth's first three albums on cd for 2 bucks each at amoeba recently. worth it!