it is pretty great
― the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 1 October 2014 16:23 (nine years ago) link
Where's a forks list? Too much tv this week? ;)
― Mordy, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 16:32 (nine years ago) link
too much work and too much backlog of new music already; i haven't gotten all the way through syro but twice!Also PRINCE how are you missing TWO NEW PRINCE ALBUMS that I just grabbed without looking here at allBut yeah, I'm going trawling tonight.
― the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 1 October 2014 18:06 (nine years ago) link
i did mention the prince albums but i'm not really a prince guy
i've gone through syro a bunch so i'm ready for the new
― Mordy, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 18:10 (nine years ago) link
Holy crap, this week. A new CHVRCHES song and the deluxe reissue of Big Country's <i>Steeltown</i> would have been enough for me, personally, but there's even some new music that isn't from Scotland. I'm excited to hear the whole Tove Lo album, too. There's also a promising EP from fellow Swedish singer Laleh. I'm liking the new songs by Lorde, Tinashe and Fei-Fei. I'm excited that the new tyDi album has a song with Kerli singing. There's a VAMPS ballad and a Gackt soundtrack. The Last Bison, who I think of as one of the more interesting quiet stomp-and-holler bands, has a new album. Chihiro Onitsuka and Billys Sandwitches have a very non-idolish j-pop album.
In metal there are grim new albums I'm excited to hear by 1349, Khold, Nightbringer, Xerath, Nonexistence and Unit 731, and bright gothic extravagances by White Empress, Ancestral Legacy and Davey Suicide. And one of my old favorite neo-prog bands, Enchant, has a new one.
And then there is a pile of intriguing weird-noises albums I mostly don't know anything about, but flagged to hear: Ssaliva, Hampus Hyppe, Gus Till, Giant Claw, Second Suspense, Calvin and the Hobgoblins, The War on Peace, Toydrum. And there's a really pretty acoustic-guitar album by somebody called T-cophony that sometimes is just guitar and sometimes mixes in all sorts of other things and sometimes doesn't.
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 18:19 (nine years ago) link
I especially think people here who are fond of Prince and Owen Pallett and FrankMusik and r-neg-b and vaporwave ought to check out this 4-song EP by "Calvin + the Hobgoblins", about whom the internet seems to know rather little. http://open.spotify.com/album/1cz9578wBlfpgFpm9heKUU
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 18:46 (nine years ago) link
Hmm, this ep isn't too bad. Unfortunately the sound is really boxy/thin.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 20:45 (nine years ago) link
Also, the weird lyric lift from Radiohead in "Cherry" is unexpected and maybe a little awkward.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 20:48 (nine years ago) link
new prince albums are butt
― u2 removal machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 1 October 2014 21:15 (nine years ago) link
new tape album is awes
― Abandoned Amusement/FUN SHIRTS (seandalai), Wednesday, 1 October 2014 23:04 (nine years ago) link
"you can point fingers all you want. i don't care. i love you anyway."
― Mordy, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 23:26 (nine years ago) link
glenn can you tell me if the canadian catalog is drastically different from the american like netflix?
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 2 October 2014 23:33 (nine years ago) link
No, the two are not drastically different. I just took a cursory look at some of the relatively few things that are technically available in one of the two countries but not the other, and all of the ones I checked were cases where a release is only available in one, but the same audio is available on another release in the other country. I'm sure there are actual differences, too, but I couldn't quickly find any.
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 3 October 2014 01:44 (nine years ago) link
thanks! i was using the US version via vpn (*slaps self on wrist*) but i really wanted to pay and couldn't—but was a bit worried about switching over.
― socki (s1ocki), Friday, 3 October 2014 12:42 (nine years ago) link
I know this isn't the thread, but I have a tech Spotify question -- is there a way to easily/quickly see the full title of a track? Often classical music track titles are very, very long because they list composer, piece, orchestra, conductor, and only then the movement or sub-section and I can't actually see the last part.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Friday, 3 October 2014 14:43 (nine years ago) link
late to the game but:Tove Lo - Queen of the CloudsRaul Midon - Don't HesitateGlenn Campbell - I'll Be Me Soundtrack EPPrince - Art Official Age (very good where it's good, very mediocre where it's not)Prince and 3rdIGirl - PlectrumelectrumMeshuggah - ISam Amidon - Lily-OMarty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives - Saturday Night / Sunday MorningThe Toure-Raichel Collective - The Paris SessionTrent Reznor and Atticus Ross - Gone Girl OSTCalvin and The Hobgoblins - Hookup KultureYelle - Completement fou
new singles from Boyz II Men, jordin sparks, Tinashe with Dev Hynes, Chvrches, lorde, lee ann rimes ("i want a hippopotamus for christmas"! no idea why i care), Annie Lennox, Joey Badass, Wild Beasts, Royskopp, Wiley, Elephant Man
― the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 5 October 2014 23:55 (nine years ago) link
what is the calvin and the hobgoblins like?
― Mordy, Monday, 6 October 2014 00:09 (nine years ago) link
Okay! A little weak on the production end but a single playthru is interesting.
― the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Monday, 6 October 2014 00:33 (nine years ago) link
The Calvin & the Hobgoblins EP sounds clearly like it was self-produced by somebody without a professional production background, but to me that's a significant part of its charm. Wild ambition mashed through the available filters and tools.
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 6 October 2014 15:25 (nine years ago) link
Any reason to listen to Yelle in 2014?
― the Kazakh noun/adjective distinction (seandalai), Monday, 6 October 2014 18:56 (nine years ago) link
"Completement fou" (the title track) has been in my head for the last two days, so ... maybe?
― jaymc, Monday, 6 October 2014 19:33 (nine years ago) link
"Any reason to listen to [ ] in [ ]?"
Sure, there are always reasons. I didn't even know what you were talking about, and it took me about 15 seconds to discover that I liked this: http://open.spotify.com/track/48qPo25VFExoldlr26LcxF
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 6 October 2014 19:53 (nine years ago) link
Weezer · Everything Will Be Alright In The EndTokio Hotel · Kings Of SuburbiaNew Found Glory · ResurrectionHeliocentrics & Melvin Van Peebles · The Last Transmission Orange Goblin · Back From The Abyss Vashti Bunyan · HeartleapSteve Gunn · Way Out Weather Dan Mintz · The Stranger Perfume · LEVEL3
― Mordy, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 14:34 (nine years ago) link
interested in these too:Ntombi Marhumbini · Jelani-JelaniNtombi Marhumbini · Miyela SwitahelaNtombi Marhumbini · Nuna Wanga
― Mordy, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 14:37 (nine years ago) link
Do you like beepy pop with female singers? It's a good week: Charli XCX, Jessie J, Tinashe, Betty Who, Zola Jesus, Iamamiwhoami, Broods, Perfume, Sofie Winterson.
Oh, and Godflesh. And a new single by The Who.
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 15:44 (nine years ago) link
Imagine... Importing a playlist from home and not having have some lame-ass John Lennon impersonator pop up when you least expect it. Happy birthday, bore is over.
― pplains, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 12:06 (nine years ago) link
late looks but i am literally a thousand tracks back on my listening list so this stuff will get exposure to my ears in 2015 or so.
Tinashe - AquariusVince Staples - Hell Can WaitSBTRKT - Wonder Where We LandFlying Lotus - You're Dead!Floppy - I am Computer Music (this is fun!)Shystie - Stop EPMatias Aguayo - Legende (!!!)Yemi Alade - King of QueensBela Fleck and Abigail Washburn - S/TDot Hacker - How's Your Process (also fun)Nina Persson - Tank Om... OSTThe Dells - Complete SinglesBill Frisell - Guitar in the Space AgeRed Foley - Complete Country Hits
Singles from Charli XCX, Sam Smith / ASAP, TI, Angaleena Presley, Nick Jonas and Angel Haze (so odd), Telepopmusik, Mary J, Estelle, Gackt, Junior Brown (the 'Better Call Saul' Theme!)
― the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Monday, 13 October 2014 00:33 (nine years ago) link
Matias Aguayo - Legende (!!!)
what is this?
― Mordy, Monday, 13 October 2014 00:35 (nine years ago) link
new, quietly released EP by the look of it... you a fan?
― the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Monday, 13 October 2014 00:42 (nine years ago) link
no just curious
― Mordy, Monday, 13 October 2014 01:05 (nine years ago) link
i'm a fan. it's pretty good so far. try "ay ay ay" sometime.
― the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Monday, 13 October 2014 02:42 (nine years ago) link
Don't know if it was literally just added, but I noticed Spotify has a few Gelbart releases that I had not previously seen on there.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Monday, 13 October 2014 05:38 (nine years ago) link
Some things I flagged this week:
- The full Kira Isabella (of "Quarterback" notoriety) album.- A beepycrunchy bleakrobot new album by Neosignal.- A subdued/sublime new Kleerup EP with appearances by Susanne Sundfor, Jenny Wilson, Niki & the Dove and Maja Ivarsson.- The two pre-Climax EPs by Beastmilk.- A cathartic new album by German metal band Bethlehem (with a uselessly long album-title, but one of the songs is called "Nazi Zombies mit Tourette-Syndrom"), plus their 20-year-old debut album Dark Metal.- A new broken-power-adapter-and-caterwauling album by Pharmakon (not to be confused with Phantogram).- A new French pop-punk band called The Garlics.- A 4-part, 5-hour thing by The A.M. Experiment called Canonization of Talk Talk that appears to consist of 10:00-15:00 process-blurrings of each song from four Talk Talk/Mark Hollis records.
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 00:47 (nine years ago) link
i'll add
Stars · No One Is LostMelvins · Hold It InAmir Gelman · Shade of Summer Pauline Oliveros · Reverberations: Tape & Electronic Music 1961-1970 Hailu Mergia · Tche Belew (dude who did and his classical instrument that was so great)Imhotep · Kheper DubKasba · RwinaTsigunz Fanfara Avantura · Turbo Balkan Groove
love that these guys are still making new albums:
Draco and the Malfoys · Cheat to Win
― Mordy, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 03:08 (nine years ago) link
glenn: t/f you listened to judy garland sing over the rainbow at least 4 times tnite
― Mordy, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 03:11 (nine years ago) link
Hah! I was trying to play it just once for my daughter as her going-to-bed song, but I kept finding versions that were mastered so quietly that we could barely hear them. After a while I finally realized that I was accidentally playing the music out of a laptop near the speakers I thought I was playing it through, and it wasn't a mastering problem at all.
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 14:41 (nine years ago) link
There are a few Mahmoud Ahmed albums that just got added. Stoked!
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 15:02 (nine years ago) link
Jessie Ware · Tough LoveScott Walker · SousedThe Budos Band · Burnt Offering And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead · IXNude Beach · 77 Kofi Sammy · Okukuseku Explosion 80 (not linking up atm)Bolonyen orchestra of the village of Lataha · Côte D'ivoire: A Senufo-Fodonon - Funerary Vigil
― Mordy, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 14:47 (nine years ago) link
should I listen to nude beach
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 15:02 (nine years ago) link
idk, i remember liking the last one
― Mordy, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 15:04 (nine years ago) link
ok it is called 77 so I guess I will
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 15:05 (nine years ago) link
u should listen to budos band tho it's fantastic
― Mordy, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 15:05 (nine years ago) link
really? i was a little skeptical i heard they were going "heavy metal funk" or something
― u2 removal machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 15:17 (nine years ago) link
yeah I also saw recent performance videos of them and found them kind of thuddy. curious though.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 15:19 (nine years ago) link
more afrobeaty than heavy metal imo
― Mordy, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 15:21 (nine years ago) link
i'll check it out, though in general I kinda always thought Nomo was way better for that sort of thing, tho do like the Budos as well
― u2 removal machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 15:23 (nine years ago) link
so far this sounds like less of a departure than I expected
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 15:38 (nine years ago) link
If anything I feel like it's too much like all the Desco/Daptone stuff that I'm already tired of
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 15:39 (nine years ago) link
Some stuff I flagged:
Jessie Ware - oblique r&bWilkinson - twitchy somethingstepAmaranthe - popgoth metalNew Politics - bouncy new blarepop singleJukebox the Ghost - mild piano pop but I like them...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - post the non-dense parts of rockScott Walker + Sunn O))) - holy crapSleater-Kinney - return singleRacing Glaciers - so aptly namedTides From Nebula - more post-rockSubtractiveLAD, Millimetrik, Oyaarss - soundscape blockTiger Milk - gauzy synthpopBig Data + White Sea - oh wow. "The Business of Emotion". RIYL Betty Who.Leander Rising - Hungarian (?) dark power metalFei-Fei - another spectral singleThe Slow Revolt - astral soulSaint of Sin - ambient tranceElin Fflur - Welsh indie popCygnets - old-school gothMartin Sternhufvud - sturdy rockEcthelion - anime metalSymphonic Destiny - gothic symphonic destinyTauron - ambtronica
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 16:23 (nine years ago) link
glenn, are earlier week's collections of new releases catalogued? If I missed the prior week, is there a way to go back and explore it?
― Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 17:30 (nine years ago) link