What are you listening to? 2011

I don't know if it's a general indication of the quality of the Pan label, but both the Joseph Hammer and the Keith Fullerton Whitman LPs mentioned above are fantastic

douchebag neighbor's surround-sound/home theater TV rumbling my apartment, and I am on the warpath.

Radio I Ching - no wave au gogo (2009)
Matthew Shipp - Harmonic Disorder (2009)
Rochereau - voice of lightness vol. 2
various Franco from the Franco blog
Javiera Mena
purchased and eagerly awaiting tha new Skylarking vinyl re-ish (on two 12" 45's)

A arte de Caetano Veloso (1967-73)

Pure genius.

Rochereau - voice of lightness vol. 2

― KC & the sunshine banned (outdoor_miner)

Need to get on the case with these Stern's compilations. Kershaw used to play a lot of his stuff on R1 back in the day and it was always top notch.

Chapter 24 & Philippe Petit, The Red Giant Meets The White Dwarf
The Plastic People Of The Universe, Egon Bondy's Happy Hearts Club Banned
Borful Tang, Herd and Unherd
Mari Pokinen, 22
Steve MacLean Ensemble, GPS
Benny Anderson Band, Story Of A Heart
V/A, Harvest Revisited
V/A, Strade Transparenti OST (The Necks, D. Grubbs, Mira Calix, Mute Socialite, O-Type)
V/A, The Roots of Chicha 2
Stealers Wheel, The Hits Collection
Gerry Rafferty, Baker Street (comp)
Beat Circus, Boy From Black Mountain

Besides the stuff on the tracks list, been listening to old Upsetters albums. Double Seven is I think the 2nd great discovery of the year so far, album-wise.

Bochum Welt - Module 2
John Beltran - Ten Days of Blue
The Other People Place - Lifestyles of the Laptop Café
Hans-Joachim Roedelius - Durch die Wüste
Yukihiro Takahashi - Murdered by the Music
Todd Rundgren - Healing
Bola - 1
Fennesz - Hotel Paral.lel
Isolée - Rest
Pan Sonic - Kulma
Dopplereffekt - Calabi Yau Space

The Comsat Angels catalogue
Shriekback - Life In The Loading Bay
Wire - Red Barked Tree
Destroyer - Kaputt
Uncanny Alliance - I Got My Education
Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley PTA
The Wild Swans - Revolutionary Spirit

Still discovering and rediscovering 2010 releases:

Umberto - Prophecy of the Black Widow
Mark McGuire - Living With Yourself
V/A - Angola Soundtrack
CFCF - The River
Electric Wizard - Black Masses
Bandjo - Bandjo
Nina Nastasia - Outlaster

Also a lot of Al Green, Dorothy Ashby, Popol Vuh, Lou Harrison, Michel Polnareff...

OFWGKTA stuff
Electric Wizard- Black Masses
Melvins- Houdini
cLOUDDEAD - Ten

OFWGKTA
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
Midtown 120 Blues
Jega - Variance
Glasser - Ring
Wire - Red Barked Tree

Various Artists - The Spirit of Vampyros Lesbos
Secos & Molhados - A Volta de Secos & Molhados
Ruth - Polaroid / Roman / Photo
Various Artists - Milano New Wave 1980-1983 (fantastic!!)
Barbara Morgenstern - Et6-1
Various Artists - The Wierd Compilation, Part 2
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Geiger - Made in Home 1 & 2
Aloe Blacc - Good Things & Shine Through
WhoMadeWho - The Plot
-a bunch of reggae I can't keep track of
-Rough Guides (Dub, Arabian Lounge)

Gatekeeper - Giza
Gatekeeper - Optimus Maximus
Hanayo - Gift
VA - Bleep top 100 2010
Wire - Red Barked Tree
Alden Tyrell - Times like These
VA - Afrorock presents deep funk Africa
Shackleton - Fabric 55

I checked out The Humms - they're very good!

― Bernard V. O'Hare (dog latin), Wednesday, January 19, 2011 7:26 AM (1 week ago)

Cool! It keeps demanding to be in my rotation.

Neil Young - On The Beach
Danava - UnonoU
Danzig - Deth Red Saboath
Bonde do Role - With Lasers
Destroyer - Kaputt
The Decemberists - The King is Dead (am liking this way more than I thought I would, really tones down all the overbearing shit that made them hard to stomach at times and has a really honest, rustic feel at times)

The 5 EPs.

fantastic mr fox - evelyn ep
morgan zarate - hookid "ep"
destroyer - kaputt

I'm mostly experimenting with stuff I haven't heard much if at all:

Deadboy & The Elephantmen (my favorite Dax Riggs stuff I've tested - discovered him a few days ago)
Dr. Dog
Black Mountain
Brant Bjork
Storm & Stress
Robert Wyatt, Gilad Atzmon, Ros Stephen - For The Ghosts Within (so much better this time around)
Laura Nyro - The Best Of (I'm gonna have to burn a car mix for my mom. amazing ILM discovery)

it has also been a good time to revive The Grifters (my favorite band)
'Give Yourself To Me' really clicked a week ago. so chill, unique kind of bluesy, dark and funky!
amazing run: 'Return to Cinder' - 'Give Yourself To Me' - 'Fixed In The Sky'

Sun City Girls - The Dreamy Draw
DJ Youngsta – Dubstep Allstars Volume 2
TVO/The Village Orchestra – BrokenRoots podcast

Listening to more of the singles poll results, until they make me gag and then I turn them off.

Well not all of them.

I looked at the singles poll results for the first time today. I like J0rdan's jpegs but I hate almost all the music in the top 77 there. I was listening to the #1 just now: Girl Unit - Wut. First of all, what sort of crappy person or group would call themselves Girl Unit. Second, the song was extremely boring. And I won't talk shit about the rest of the results because no one wants to read about a shit tsunami (plus I would have to listen to all that shitty bullfuckery).

open up and bleed

Incredible song sung by George Wassouf (1992):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKVa9FR5q30

destroyer - kaputt (boring...)
ny rock ensemble - roll over; freedomburger (?)

TOE FAT

max b & uv race

all u need btw

As far as I can tell, Rolling Pop is just for teen/chart pop. But this Danish art-popper may appeal to fans of Bat for Lashes, Marina & the Diamonds, Florence etc. Fairly zeitgeisty.

Fallulah - Only Human

I'm listening to all of the Fall's studio albums, one on each day of February.

Oh, and the new Gang of Four album. Fuck the reviews. It's pretty great.

that's a great idea re: the Fall.

Actress - Splazsh

Not quite as impenetrable as I once thought.

Really digging into Blue Oyster Cult (finally!). Particularly the first three albums and Fire of Unknown Origin. Especially loving the early 70s work though, god damn!

What I've been enjoying lately:

Ghostface - Fishscale
Shabazz Palaces - Of Light
Radian - Juxtaposition
Theo Parrish - Parallel Dimensions
Dustin Wong - Seasons
Jay Electronica - Victory
Ambrosia - Ambrosia / Life Beyond L.A.
Ches Smith & These Arches - finally out of my hands
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard A True Star
Tony Williams - Ego
Eduardo Gudin/Noticias dum Brasil - Um jeito de fazer Samba

Actress - Splazsh
Not quite as impenetrable as I once thought.

Yeah... not quite as exciting as I'd hoped for, either.

Deerhoof, Deerhoof vs Evil
James Brown, Foundations of Funk 1964-69
COH, IIRON
Natalie Beridze Tba, Forget'fulness
Rafael Toral, Space Elements Vol. III
Vessels, Helioscope
Bobby McFerrin, Vocabularies
Melvin Gibbs, Phree-Dem Downloads
Sven Kacirek, The Kenya Sessions
v/a - 14 Tracks from Planet Mu
Essie Jain, Until the Light of Morning
Bill Orcutt, A New Way to Pay Old Debts

Ariel Pink - The Doldrums
LA Vampires meet Zola Jesus
Pocahaunted - Make it Real
Anika
Warpaint - The Fool
The new Bardo Pond album
Seijaku - Mail from Fushitsusha
Third Eye Foundation - Semtex
The Fall - Levitate

Depeche Mode - World In My Eyes
Bel Canto -The Glassmaker
Happy Rhodes - Baby Don't Go
OMD - 2nd Thought
Dettinger - Tottentanz
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Peek-a-boo
Carl Craig - Science Fiction
Chris and Cosey - Cords of Love
Eurythmics - Who's That Girl
Matthias Schaffhauser - Take Me To Your Heart
Seefeel - When Face Was Face
Basteroid - Against Luftwiderstand
Savage Progress - My Soul Unwraps Tonight (12" mix)

Kind of went download crazy yesterday. Listening to some or all of (some very familiar, some not at all familiar):

Elton John - Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player
Elton John - Honky Chateau
Elton John - Caribou
Elton John - Rock of the Westies
Fairport Convention - Liege & Lief
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
Psychedelic Furs - s/t
Willie Rosario - Rumbero Companero
Larry Harlow - Harlow's Harem
Eddie Palmieri - Superimposition
Black Uhuru - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
Black Uhuru - Red
U-Roy - Dread in a Babylon
Ali Akbar Moradi - The Ritual Maqam of the Yarsan

Alice Coltrane - Ptah the El Daoud
Steel Pulse - Tribute to the Martyrs
Citrus - Wispy, No Mercy
Asa-Chang and Junray - Jun Ray Song Chang
Plus-Tech Squeeze Box - CARTOOM!

Frank Ocean - 'Nostalgia, Ultra' (OFWGKTA LP, 2011)
Tim Hecker - 'Ravedeath, 1972' (Kranky LP, 2011)
PJ Harvey - 'Let England Shake' (Universal/Island LP, 2011)
Tyler, The Creator - 'BASTARD' (OFWGKTA LP, 2010) and 'Yonkers' (track, 2011)
David Candy - 'Play Power' (Jetset/Siesta LP, 2001)
Velour - 'The Velvet Collection' (Night Slugs EP, 2010)
The Skull Defekts - 'Peer Amid' (Thrill Jockey LP, 2011)
David Thomas Broughton - 'Boating Mistakes' (Static Caravan EP, 2010)
Mellowhype - 'Blackenedwhite' (OFWGKTA LP, 2010)

Tim Hecker record is IMMENSE. Have cooled a little on PJ Harvey but I like it a lot more than I've done anything of hers in a long time. The Skull Defekts record doesn't quite hit the mark for me, was hoping for something more mesmeric now Daniel Higgs is contributing. Not bad though.

Not really feeling most of what I've been listening to. Maybe I overdid it. My most enjoyable musical experience yesterday was probably listening to Oum Kalthoum's Robaeyat El Khayam for the nth time.

Harald Grosskopf 'Synthesis' remixes
D-Day "Grape Iris"
The Dirtbombs "Party Store"
Led Er Est stuff
WBLS radio

cardiacs, spratleys japs, arvo part, mogwai, omar khorshid, esma redzepova, alistair crosbie, oum kalsoum, naif agby, strapping young lad, marina & the diamonds, carla kihlstedt & matthias bossi, olivier messiaen, mina, ravi shankar, zakir hussain, OvO, merzbow, fantomas, sammy davis jr.

the Musicians Of The Nile lp called Ocarana.

lots of folk Pat Kilroy & Shide &Acorn particularly. Waiting for the New Age cd to arrive, thought it'd be today but just got election leaflets.

White Noise An Electric Storm, not played in ages.
Ornette Coleman This Is Our Music great early 60s stuff again been sitting waiting to be played for ages.

Glaxo Babies 85-90 compi, glossier, more psychedelic material

Man, that New Age CD is awesome. Also, Pat Kilroy.

Raymond Scott, Manhattan Research Inc. 2CD (for the past two-three days)

Erhard Hirt - Gute und Schlechte Zeiten

Pretty nice.

Haha, my latest looks like something tiit would be listening to.

penguin cafe orchestra - music from the penguin cafe
sonic youth - ratter ripped

mostly absorbed in these 2 the past wk

Les Rallizes Denudes is quickly becoming one of my favorite bands that remind me of the Velvet Underground...