i hereby decree a use other words please ruling on texture
― r|t|c, Saturday, 30 July 2016 11:34 (seven years ago) link
certainly a bit of the old heliumballoonageorge about this nao. sounds ok on flick-thru but i don't anticipate ever recalling the songs
― r|t|c, Saturday, 30 July 2016 11:42 (seven years ago) link
two-thirds through it i was thinking it could use either more hooks (cuz none were particularly memorable) or fewer hooks (and just commit to the semi-reverie she was poking at) but around the time when the beats got crunchier it seemed to resolve itself, albeit this is just one listen and i couldn't sing anything back to you yet. it's a weird thing about these aluna-ish voices that they're all ethereal/breathy but when it comes down to a whole album surprisingly inflexible
― lex pretend, Saturday, 30 July 2016 11:46 (seven years ago) link
i mean one-third
of the fantasia songs that are new to me (only about half the album, though the half i've heard was stunning already) "stay up" is so incredible
― lex pretend, Saturday, 30 July 2016 11:48 (seven years ago) link
i would merely add nao to the bashmore dornik etc ersatz uk parlour boogie pile
by the by i really quite like all alunag's new stuff this year! seems to be struggling for momentum though
― r|t|c, Saturday, 30 July 2016 12:00 (seven years ago) link
the surfaces are good
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Saturday, 30 July 2016 13:04 (seven years ago) link
anyway I too was annoyed at the insistence of nao and wasnt really planning on listening to the record but I came away so pleasantly surprised, much as the particular grooves and sounds it's using are kinda designed in a factory somewhere to make me lose my shit
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Saturday, 30 July 2016 13:10 (seven years ago) link
thought it was sort of weird that even beyond the opener being titled "get to know ya" i was reminded at various points of maxwell's now
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Saturday, 30 July 2016 13:15 (seven years ago) link
but around "in the morning" it sort of...blossoms quite nicely and surprisingly
also my initial posts about it itt were almost 100 percent motivated by the synth that appears halfway through "in the morning"
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Saturday, 30 July 2016 14:40 (seven years ago) link
heliumballoonageorge
hehe
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 30 July 2016 18:12 (seven years ago) link
anderson paak, kaytranada, gallant over here
the pj is def good. seems like kehlani is aiming for the radio with her new stuff so pj sort of scratches the old kehlani itch.
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 30 July 2016 18:13 (seven years ago) link
ngaiire is sorta vaguely r&b, more ppl should be talking about that album other than brad, tim and me lol
― art baengels (monotony),
good record! "Diggin'" is one of my jamz of the year
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 31 July 2016 14:08 (seven years ago) link
adding to the Ngaiire love - it is filling the Jessie Ware shaped void in my life right now
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 31 July 2016 18:55 (seven years ago) link
Has anyone heard or talked about the new Michael Kiwanuka? I don't like Danger Mouse too much, but he got some good stuff out of the guy. Very melancholy Isaac Hayes.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 31 July 2016 18:56 (seven years ago) link
ngaiire i think did make the record i wanted jessie ware's "tough love" to be
― art baengels (monotony), Monday, 1 August 2016 03:45 (seven years ago) link
PJ was the opening act at the K Michelle concert I was at last night and she was really good. Agree with above that the album is great.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Monday, 1 August 2016 10:51 (seven years ago) link
is the kiwanuka an improvement over his first (and imo boring) album?
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Monday, 1 August 2016 14:37 (seven years ago) link
I think so. It's still boring, I guess, but as an aesthetic? First track is this 10-minute epic, which is like Pink Floyd meets "Hot Buttered Soul." Isaac Hayes' "Echoes?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp32Fl_f0mw
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 1 August 2016 14:47 (seven years ago) link
I know old Stax singer William Bell doesn't exactly fit into this thread, but his new album, This is Where I Live, is nice and he sounded great live last night in a club with the Atlanta based Total Package band.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 8 August 2016 14:20 (seven years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/tri_angle_records/serpentwithfeet-blisters
I know zero about this serpentwithfeet, but the single off the EP is so lovely.
― It certainly is punk of the Church of England to think that way (tangenttangent), Monday, 8 August 2016 20:49 (seven years ago) link
new sevyn streeter single so good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roWVtUlY4e8
this is the album we should be clamouring for
― lex pretend, Thursday, 18 August 2016 17:28 (seven years ago) link
Damn that is awesome!
― Evan R, Thursday, 18 August 2016 17:49 (seven years ago) link
That Skinny Gucci verse is flames, too
i don't like it *quite* as much as some of her other singles but i am really excited she's gonna put an album out
― dyl, Thursday, 18 August 2016 18:10 (seven years ago) link
SEVYN!!!!!
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 18 August 2016 18:29 (seven years ago) link
that single is awesome, love hearing gucci over the "party and bullshit" sample!!
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 18 August 2016 19:30 (seven years ago) link
I've been toying with starting a Sevyn thread because she is just so faultless and it bewilders me that she isn't a major-league star yet.
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 20 August 2016 10:30 (seven years ago) link
in which lex recapshttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/22/best-randb-blond-king-abra-frank-ocean
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Tuesday, 23 August 2016 14:19 (seven years ago) link
the Jamila Woods tape is so good. apparently it hasn't been mentioned on ilm yet? I liked the Noname tape but Heavn is much more immediately impressive/appealing imo
― rob, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 14:30 (seven years ago) link
lex, PJ and Paris Jones are not the same person.
― ANU (sisilafami), Tuesday, 23 August 2016 20:46 (seven years ago) link
Playlist is updated.
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Friday, 26 August 2016 06:05 (seven years ago) link
lloyd put out a 'where i've been' song in may (!!) and the video came out a couple of weeks ago. i missed his voice so much
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rG6y-NKrHU&feature=youtu.be
― maura, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 14:56 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rG6y-NKrHU
― maura, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 14:57 (seven years ago) link
Man, it's been five years since King of Hearts, and almost seven since the Young Goldie EP. I wonder if he even has a label anymore?
― Evan R, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 15:03 (seven years ago) link
From what I read last night after coming across the clip, there's an entity that's going to release an EP soon — not sure what label that is though.
― maura, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 15:04 (seven years ago) link
EP is a good format for him. Low key, intimate, low stakes. I still return to Young Goldie every year or so and love it
― Evan R, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 15:06 (seven years ago) link
"tru" is easily one of the most-played songs at the r&b station here so he must have some kinda label support
― dyl, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 15:51 (seven years ago) link
been so long since i last thought about lloyd. didnt he have an idiotic rapping phase
still remember u all fronting on 'cupid' though (tim excepted) so WHATEVER GUYS
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 16:02 (seven years ago) link
He put out that Playboy Diaries mixtape, which was bad, then got in a feud with Miguel because they both had the same haircut. Then he disappeared.
― Evan R, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 16:07 (seven years ago) link
i wasn't feeling "tru" the first time i heard it but it kinda has a confessional tp-2.com era r kelly thing going for it
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 31 August 2016 16:47 (seven years ago) link
what? I loved Cupid
― maura, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 17:01 (seven years ago) link
IN FACT check out 2011http://furia.com/pjs/voter_686018.html
― maura, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 17:02 (seven years ago) link
he also put out the best new Christmas song of the 2010s
― maura, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 17:03 (seven years ago) link
i refuse to undermine my supernatural instinct by checking facts
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 19:45 (seven years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/chris_brown/what-would-you-doperhaps now that he's finally in jail and unlikely to pop right back out producers will stop giving him hot tracks? It's frustrating.
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Thursday, 1 September 2016 15:19 (seven years ago) link
or you could just come to terms with him being kinda good? lol looks like he's not in jail either. Apparently the girl was crazy.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 1 September 2016 16:23 (seven years ago) link
i still dislike "cupid" if that makes you feel better. terrible song
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 1 September 2016 16:31 (seven years ago) link
anyway this new Ye Ali song is teh shit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENg9zHxuE5E