Rolling Favorite Tracks + Albums 2016

Enjoying Midday Veil album - SVIIB x Emperor Tomato Ketchup isn't quite the right comparison but it's halfway there.

oh is there a new midday veil

ALBUMS:

Brian Eno - The Ship
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
King - We Are King
Autechre - Elseq
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Ears
Prince Rama - Xtreme Now
Pr0files - Jurassic Technology

TRACKS
Fay-Ann Lyons - Hands In The Air
Olatunji - Oh Yay
Hypasounds - Sugar Rush
Nesbeth - My Dream
DJ Marfox - 2685
Alkaline - Champion Boy
Fracture & Deft -I Just
Tifa - Big Bumper

Seiho - Collapse

Enjoying this for now. Mostly ambient, often disjunctive, electronic music with jazzy bits. At times not far from Cornelius. I don't listen to too much music like this, so I don't think I have the right category slots or "sounds like artist x" to describe it.

Couple more albums:

Wrong - Wrong
Seratones - Get Gone

Selma Oxor - Fantasias de Tocador

Managed to list my albums/EPs. Mostly time travel stuff.

* Autechre - Elseq 1–5
* Babyfather - "BBF" Hosted By DJ Escrow
* Carl Gari & Abdulah Miniawy - Darraje EP
* El Yunque - Baskenland
* Foodman - Ez Minzoku
* Form a Log / Moth Cock - Split LP
* Good Willsmith - Things Our Bodies Used To Have
* Ian William Craig - Centres
* Ignatz - The Drain
* Kablam - Furiosa
* Kanye West - The Life Of Pablo
* M. Geddes Gengras - Two Variations
* Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
* Rangda - The Heretics Bargain
* Razen - Endryhmes
* Sarah Davachi - Dominions
* Sonic Youth - Spinehead Sessions
* Steve Gunn - Eyes On The Lines
* V/A - Space Echo
* Yearning Kru - Copper Vale

Not so surprisingly the previous list is part of the radio show I'm running. Just uploaded this 'mid-year roundup' show on mixcloud (meaning I can take a summer break): https://www.mixcloud.com/Sterrenplaten/sterrenplaten-24-juni-2016-mid-year-roundup-2016

Thanks to Fat Cat's modern classical offshoot '130701' we had the chance to play a song from Ian William Craig's great 'Centres' and even an unreleased 2005 song of Set Fire To Flames, from the upcoming Eleven Into Fifteen compilation.

Also, show is in Dutch.

TRACKS
Kristin Kontrol - Show Me
Tegan and Sara - U-Turn
Satin Jackets ft. Scavenger Hunt - Feel Good
Usher - Crash

albums in no particular

brian fallon - painkillers
afrobeat makers - nu guinea - the tony allen experiments
kaitlyn aurelia smith - ears
sam beam & jesca hoop - love letter for fire
myrath - legacy
sturgill simpson - a sailor's guide to earth
beth orton - kidsticks
brandy clark - big day in a small town
neko case, k.d. lang, laura veirs - case/lang/veirs
a-wa - habib galbi
sunburst - ave africa: the complete recordings 1973-1976

Selected albums for half a 2016:

A Pleasure - Jream House
KING - We Are KING
Prins Thomas - Principe del Norte
School of Seven Bells - SVIIB
The Gloaming - 2
Mary Lattimore - At The Dam
Aziza Brahim - Abbar al Hamada
Khun Narin - 2
Perfume - Cosmic Explorer
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - EARS
M83 - Junk
ANOHNI - HOPELESSNESS
Julianna Barwick - Will
Jessy Lanza - Oh No
Kedr Livanskiy - January Sun
Sonido Gallo Negro - Ecos de otro Mundo
V/A - Space Echo (The Mystery Behind the Cosmic Sound of Cabo Verde Finally Revealed)
Marissa Nadler - Strangers
Nite Jewel - Liquid Cool
Big Thief - Masterpiece

My favorite singles so far (Spotify link too).

2nd Khun Narin!

Brad Mehldau Trio - Blues and Ballads
Steven Julien - Fallen
Matthew Halsall - On The Go
Ryan Keberle & Catharsis - Azul Infinito
Rez Abbasi & Junction - Behind The Vibration
Antonio Adolfo - Tropical Infinito

Halftime addenda to our Winter list.

ALBUMS:
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Ears (spotify) Pastoral Berlin school
Nik Bärtsch's Mobile - Continuum (MODUL 29_14 on YouTube) Zen minimal jazz
Melt Yourself Down - Last Evenings on Earth (spotify) Nubian party punk
LOTTO - Elite Feline (bandcamp) Mantric Western, attn: Necks fans
Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution (spotify) Joni + Pastorius redux
Peder Mannerfelt - Controlling Body (spotify) In Andy Stott's hood, ft. Glasser
Kristin Kontrol - X-Communicate (spotify) Solid makeover.
Lyra Lynn - Resistor (spotify) Now banjoless and Lynchian.
The Knocks - 55 (spotify) NY Nu-disco pop.
Classixx - Faraway Reach (spotify) LA Nu-disco pop.
Autolux - Pussy's Dead (spotify) Best when Carla sings and chaos deferred.
Hammock - Everything and Nothing (spotify) More wistful postgaze.
Konono N°1 & Batida - Konono Meets Batida (spotify) Mbira churn.
Andy Stott - Too Many Voices (Butterflies on YoutTube) Suffocating ducking still his best idea.
Max Richter - Sleep Remixes (https://play.spotify.com/album/6pBq7xlUDUChkJZmy4jqD0) Fine adjunct when resequenced.

SINGLES:
Soldier's Heart - "Randy" (youtube) Formally perfect 80s earworm
Anohni - "Drone Bomb Me" (spotify) Modern Holiday, dedicated to Barack
Naadia/наадя - "Хорошо" (spoundcloud) Russophone Shambhala
ARO - "Cocaine Style" (youtube, spotify) Wisely avoided Osbourne vices
These Hidden Hands ft. Lucrecia Dalt - "These Moments Dismantled" (youtube, spotify) Hydraulic press little match girl
Shura - "What's It Gonna Be?" (youtube) Move over M83
Ekkah - "Small Talk" (youtube, spotify) 2nd single as consistent as Ronika.
Smerz - "Because" (youtube, spotify) Icy Norwegian R&B house
Christie & the Dream Beats - "Wasn't My Fault" (youtube, spotify) attn: CRJ & Swift fans
Kristin Kontrol - "X-Communicate" (spotify) Album highlight
Phantogram - "You Don't Get Me High Anymore" (youtube, spotify) Solid Shambhala
The Knocks - "Love Me Like That (feat. Carly Rae Jepson)" (spotify) 80s mid-tempo is a good look
White Sea - "Arcadia" (youtube, spotify) a good haunt
Lera Lynn - "Drive" (spotify) upbeat outlier on Lynchian album
La Femme - "Sphynx" (nsfw youtube, spotify) francophone minimal wave

Still want to listen to Pr0files and others upthread.

albums

jacquees x birdman - lost at sea
postiljonen - reverie
majid jordan -s/t
future - evol
rihanna - anti
chance - coloring book
dej loaf - all jokes aside
travis porter - 285
chris brown & OHB - before the trap: nights in tarzana
shura - nothings real
schoolboy q - blank face lp

trax

beyonce - formation; sorry
drake - one dance; 4pm in calabasas; summer 16
french f/ kodak black - lockjaw
50 cent f/ chris brown - im the man remix
dj esco f/ nef the pharoah & casey veggies - stupidly crazy
rihanna - nothing is promised
post malone - 40 funk
dizzie & calvin harris - hype
jeremih - oui
dreezy f/ jeremih - body
the-dream - first time in paris
madeinTYO - uber everywhere
a-wax - always something
james blake - i hope my life
uncle murda f/ french - all the way up remix

autechre - elseq 1-5
aphex twin - cheetah ep
david grubbs - prismrose
linda catlin smith - dirt road
Angharad Davies & Tisha Mukarji - ffansïon | fancies

a new Graham Lambkin album in October, titled 'Community'

the Cheetah ep is really good.

New Connections album is yet another great fake GBV (circa 90s) album. Better than anything Pollard can come up with these days.

Connections - Midnight Run

I've missed that Grubbs had a new one out. What's it like?

five tracks, only one brief track with vocals.. the rest is sort of like Grubbs' circular/spidery/repeating riffing/arpeggios, with loose and nimble drumming (free jazz-like, breezy, secondary to the more pronounced guitar patterns) -- basically Grubbs' guitar and drums (Eli Keszler) with subtle (synthesizer, added afterwards) flourishes/augmentation. Drag City doesn't charge for shipping within the US (for CD), not bad.

playlist is updated.

fave albums:

david bowie - blackstar
radiohead - a moon shaped pool
dexy's - let the record show: dexys do irish and country soul
william tyler - modern country
dorisburg - irrbloss
leon vynehall - rojus
steve gunn - eyes on the lines
king - we are king

Top 10 so far:
Parquet Courts - Human Performance 
BRONCHO - Double Vanity 
Cadaveric Fumes - Dimensions Obscure
Kvelertak - Nattesferd 
Wrong - Wrong 
Denzel Curry - Imperial 
Blizaro - Cornucopia della morte 
Mitski - Puberty 2 
Seratones - Get Gone 
Horse Lords - Interventions 

self indulgent top 33 LPs and EPs so far:

Cavern of Anti-Matter - void beats/invocation trex
KING - We Are King
Esparanza Spalding - Emily’s D+Evolution
Let’s Eat Grandma - I, Gemini
David Bowie - Blackstar
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - EARS
Giorgio Tuma - This Life Denied Me Your Love
Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman
Algodón Egipcio - La Confianza Ciega
Margo Price - Midwest Farmer’s Daughter
Adrian Younge - Something About April II
The Dandelion Set - A Thousand Strands (1975-2015)
Shura - Nothing’s Real
Corinne Bailey Rae - The Heart Speaks In Whispers
A$AP Ferg - Always Strive and Prosper
Brandy Clark - Big Day In A Small Town
Brian Eno - The Ship
Anna Wise - The Feminine: Act 1
Lindstrøm - Wingdings
Floorplan - Victorious
Belbury Poly - New Ways Out
Astrobal - Australasie
K. Michelle - More Issues Than Vogue
Gemma Ray - The Exodus Suite
Marit Larsen - Joni Was Right
Aurora - All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend
Mr. Fingers - Outer Acid
DMX Krew - You Exist
Elton John - Wonderful Crazy Night
Mýa - Smoove Jones
ABC - The Lexicon of Love II
Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered
Cat’s Eyes - Treasure House

thanks Lowell!

Aireene Espiritu - Back Where I Belong
Bobby Avey - Inhuman Wilderness
Sri Hanuraga - To The Universe
Greg Ward - Touch My Beloved's Thought
Objekt - Kern, Vol 3
Jeff Parker - The New Breed
Axel Erotic - In Love With

I forgot this one.

Matt Wilson's Big Happy Family - Beginning of a Memory

iLe - Canibal

(Ironic alt latino sombrero tip to curmudgeon.)

Feels like I've heard loads of good music this year, but there are only a few clear standouts so far:

BONAFIDE CLASSICS:
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
Autechre - Elseq 1-5
Brian Eno - The Ship

GREAT - NEED TO LISTEN TO MORE:
Yemi Alade - Mama Africa The Diary of an African Woman
Young Thug - Slime Season 3
King - We Are King
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Ears
Floorplan - Victorious
Kanye West - The Life of Pablo

PROBABLY GOOD BUT NOT LISTENED TO ENOUGH TIMES:
Prince Rama - Xtreme Now
Forteresse - Themes Pour La Rebellion
Polica - United Crushers
Pr0files - Jurassic Technology
Paul Jebanasam - Continuum
Roly Porter - Third Law

I'm sure I've missed a few big ones out...

Marit Larsen - Joni Was Right
Aurora - All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend
Mr. Fingers - Outer Acid
DMX Krew - You Exist

"Joni Was Right" must have primed me, because I seriously read the last artist as DMX Knew.

My list.

Whyyyy do you guys like 1975!? Everytime I try to like them they just sound like an INXS tribute band and I don't even like INXS that much. What am I missing!?

I think if they were actually more like INXS, I'd find a reason to like them. But because they mostly sound like Duran Duran, I cannot.

cuz their moves are so raw

rolling and woefully incomplete best-of-2016: https://open.spotify.com/user/1239159458/playlist/2nTGXT3XMyWYVg7W4bcQwj

subtitle: at some point I should probably listen to something other than sviib

Album:

iLe - iLevitable

This is PG13 (Ileana Cabra) from Calle 13, the younger sister. She's been singing on their albums since the beginning. I'd be curious to hear other people's impressions but I don't think I have anything to say to entice people to listen. Wish I knew Spanish. Will be saying that on my deathbed.

Definitely not reggaeton.

Xpost: wait rudi you don't speak spanish!? I assumed you did because you're a big fan of latin music!

ILE sounds really good! Closest popular comparison I can think of is Natalia Lafourcade. there's some really nice instrumentation in some of those songs.

I don't. So pathetic. All these years of listening to so much music in Spanish (mostly salsa though) and so little has sunk in.

there's some really nice instrumentation in some of those songs.

I feel that the instrumentation tends to fall short most of the time. It's polished, but somehow lacking. I still like the album but I'm a but ambivalent about it. I think her vocals and songwriting are the strongest parts.

Vocals are somewhat unique from what is normally used in the genre. They're the definite highlight of course, just pointing out some of the instrumentation sounded good on first listen hahaha but yes there's nothing particularly outstanding in that matter.

I hope you at least have learned how to dance salsa! I like the genre but it has never made sense to me as home listening. You need to listen to it while moving.

Oh yeah, learning to salsa is what got me started listening to salsa. I am not dancing these days due to chronic health problems which I'm still trying to resolve. I think it's fine as home listening, especially classic salsa, though I mostly listen in the car these days. Good driving music.

For me, the absolute cream of this year's albums so far is something like

all-time brilliance

Jute Gyte - Perdurance

superlative

Lemon Demon - Spirit Phone
Mitski - Puberty 2
Autechre - Elseq 1-5
King - We Are King
Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä
Ka - Honor Killed The Samurai
Comet Control - Center Of The Maze
The Display Team - Drones
The Drones - Display Team Feelin' Kinda Free

very, very good

Teen - Love Yes
Suede - Night Thoughts
Laura Mvula - The Dreaming Room
Skepta - Konnichiwa
Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution
Working For A Nuclear Free City - What Do People Do All Day?
Saqqara Mastabas - Libras
Xenia Rubinos - Black Stars
Teleman - Brilliant Sanity
Kel Valhaal - New Introductory Lectures On Transcendental Qabala

more or less in that order, but there's loads bubbling under, probably some I've forgotten, and plenty coming to blast the above asunder

Playlist updated for August.

here's a list I've been making of 2016 singles I like:

Hazel English - Never Going Home
The Raveonettes - Where Are You Wild Horses
Amason - Airport
Cobalt - Hunt the Buffalo
Angel Olsen - Shut Up Kiss Me
M83/Mai Lan/Animal Collective - Go

There's plenty more but that's all I've managed to put in a spotify playlist I made for such things.

kvelertak sounds more than ever like a blackened thin lizzy on this one and it's making me happy
https://youtu.be/2LsqLO7h3E8

Jimmy Eat World - Sure and Certain
Beach Slang - Spin the Dial
Twist - Can't Wait

Have been enjoying

Flava D - Fabriclive 88

in the car, but I do generally skip all the rapping (I guess those are grime or bassline tracks then).

Good for driving along Zuni after dark.