awesome, the k michelle album is incredible
― lex pretend, Thursday, 4 December 2014 12:59 (nine years ago) link
The Music Exchange (Nottingham vinyl shop):
1. St. Vincent - s/t2. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness3. Swans - To Be Kind4. Goat - Commune5. Bremen - Second Launch6. Hookworms - The Hum7. Sleaford Mods - Divide & Exit8. Alvvays - s/t9. Grumbling Fur - Preternaturals10. Todd Terje - It's Album Time
Reissues, Soundtracks & Compilations:
1. Lee Hazlewood - Love And Other Crimes2. Patrick Cowley - School Daze3. Laraaji - Celestial Music 1978-20114. V/A - Warfaring Strangers: Darkscorch Canticles5. Arthur Russell - World Of Echo6. The Fates - Furia7. William Onyeabor - Vinyl Boxset 1 & 28. Craig Leon - Anthology Of Interplanetary Folk Music Vol. 1: Nommos/Visiting9. Glenn Branca - Lesson No. 110. Sinoia Caves - Beyond The Black Rainbow OST
― mike t-diva, Thursday, 4 December 2014 16:57 (nine years ago) link
Cannot get into St. Vincent at all.
― Evan, Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:04 (nine years ago) link
It's pretty sad to see any even remotely classic roch-ish album get props over Intensity Ghost by Chris Forsyth & the Solar Motel band which is so godlike in imagining some amazing hybrid of Crazy Horse, Physical Graffiti, and Television, while feeling wholly fresh
― you say tomato/i say imago (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:15 (nine years ago) link
And I like War on Drugs fine but see Solar Motel live and they would eat their fucking lunch
― you say tomato/i say imago (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:16 (nine years ago) link
They're instrumental though so it's a different enough category, no?
Either way still got to pick that one up.
― Evan, Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:18 (nine years ago) link
What I heard of that record was amazing and I liked the last record just fine. Their live album kills, too.
― Evan, Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:19 (nine years ago) link
evan - you mean st. vincent on a whole or this album? bc it stripped away some of the stuff that i didnt love about previous albums of hers (less twee/chamber-pop touches)
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:20 (nine years ago) link
looking at this thread is like looking at pictures of that garbage island in the north pacific
― ≖_≖ (Lamp), Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:22 (nine years ago) link
sloth- yeah her albums have always been a bit too busy but I'm still not feeling any of her melodies. All a bit too stiff for me too.
― Evan, Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:24 (nine years ago) link
Evan yeah obv instrumental but I think the core of the appeal is a certain post punk/indie update on classic rock jamminess
Either way I thought maybe the record had gotten a little more notice outside of the ilx brigade crowd
― you say tomato/i say imago (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:26 (nine years ago) link
Hopefully! They're a great band.
― Evan, Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:30 (nine years ago) link
is zis solar motel album on ze spotify
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:31 (nine years ago) link
i didn't even know there was another forsyth record
brigade thread way too big to load, way too many youtubes, you're doing yourselves in
― j., Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:31 (nine years ago) link
ya. but gigi masin tho!
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:35 (nine years ago) link
garbage island is endlessly fascinating tbh
― gr8080, Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:38 (nine years ago) link
OK, I've loaded up the NME, Paste, Rolling Stone, PopMatters, and TIME song/track lists onto a single Spotify playlist (deleting duplicates):http://open.spotify.com/user/seaworthyset/playlist/6gv4ng5XkJQQrTSkr7OzEH
Will add others as they come out.
― jaymc, Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:41 (nine years ago) link
Sloth there are 2 songs from the album, one is really long, they are both standouts and give you a good idea of what Intensity Ghost is like
― you say tomato/i say imago (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:57 (nine years ago) link
x-post
MAGNET’s j. poet picks the best world-music releases of the year. 1 Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 A Long Way To The Beginning (Knitting Factory) 2 Toumani & Sidiki Diabate Toumani & Sidiki (World Circuit) 3 Jamie Dubberly & Orquesta Dharma La Clave Del Gumbo (Dubberly) 4 Zongo Junction No Discount (Electric Cowbell) 5 Anansy Cissé Mali Overdrive (Riverboat) 6 Lo’Jo 310 Lunes (World Village) 7 Boris Kovač & La Campanella Eastern Moon Rising (Riverboat) 8 Da Cruz Disco E Progresso (Boom Jah) 9 Banda Magda Yerakina (Ground UP) 10 Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca La Rumba SoYo (Cumbancha
Oh, forgot Ricardo Lemvo had a new release out. Have liked his Congolese meets Cuban grooves in the past.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 4 December 2014 17:57 (nine years ago) link
Alvvays at 11 on the RS tracks list makes me happy
― Simon H., Thursday, 4 December 2014 18:02 (nine years ago) link
xxp they are "the ballad of freer hollow" and "i aint waiting" correct?
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 4 December 2014 18:04 (nine years ago) link
Yep
― you say tomato/i say imago (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 4 December 2014 18:06 (nine years ago) link
33. Jackson Browne - The Birds of St. Marks
lol
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 4 December 2014 18:09 (nine years ago) link
― you say tomato/i say imago (upper mississippi sh@kedown),
WOD lunch = moldy kale + sprouts iirc
bc of brooklyn and beer commercial rock amirite???????? TRUTH 2 POWER
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 4 December 2014 18:17 (nine years ago) link
btw evan & shakedown i very much like these chris forsyth/solar motel songs
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 4 December 2014 18:18 (nine years ago) link
Nice! Yeah it's goof stuff sloth
― Evan, Thursday, 4 December 2014 18:36 (nine years ago) link
good...
goof stuff also sounds interesting imo but forsyth is def not goofy
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 4 December 2014 18:38 (nine years ago) link
toumani & sidiki is probably my #1 album from this year
― Lorde 2Pac Beck Mashup (crüt), Thursday, 4 December 2014 19:09 (nine years ago) link
i'm a sucker for the stereo thing
― Lorde 2Pac Beck Mashup (crüt), Thursday, 4 December 2014 19:11 (nine years ago) link
Sidmani & Tanooki
― alpine static, Thursday, 4 December 2014 19:20 (nine years ago) link
Don't say it three times or he'll appear.
― Evan, Thursday, 4 December 2014 19:26 (nine years ago) link
Listening to this atm. I realize the incredible amount of talent on display here, but I also feel like it's restaurant music?
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 December 2014 19:38 (nine years ago) link
i've admittedly been in easy listening mode this year
― Lorde 2Pac Beck Mashup (crüt), Thursday, 4 December 2014 19:39 (nine years ago) link
Sorry, that was mean. They're probably amazing to see perform.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 December 2014 19:40 (nine years ago) link
ha, i thought it was apt
― Lorde 2Pac Beck Mashup (crüt), Thursday, 4 December 2014 19:42 (nine years ago) link
:)
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 December 2014 19:46 (nine years ago) link
I like "The Birds of St. Marks" a lot. One of those songs he wrote when he was like 18.
― timellison, Thursday, 4 December 2014 19:56 (nine years ago) link
I probably wouldn't have been as in to the Toumani&Sidiki record if I hadn't seen them first & gotten a sense of the interplay between them, the way the rhythms shift especially. The album with Ali Farka Toure often felt structured around & anchored down by the guitar but the pieces on this really take off, with those bouncy basslines underneath & they generate a lot of space, it's probably the airiest album I've ever heard. the tunes from the album were significantly expanded & perhaps just a little more patiently paced when I saw them played, which I absolutely recommend if you've got the faintest interest
― ogmor, Thursday, 4 December 2014 20:15 (nine years ago) link
MAGNET’s j. poet picks the best world-music releases of the year.
1 Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 A Long Way To The Beginning (Knitting Factory)
I haven't heard the album, but they put on a good show at Bonnaroo. Having seen both Femi and Seun, I'd say Seun got the charisma gene.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 4 December 2014 20:36 (nine years ago) link
Fasterlouder
1 Kimbra - The Golden Echo2 St. Vincent - St. Vincent3 The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream4 Remi - Raw x Infinity5 Mac DeMarco - Salad Days6 Chet Faker - Built On Glass7 FKA Twigs - LP18 Run The Jewels - RTJ29 Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness10 The Smith Street Band - Throw Me In The River11 Flying Lotus - You're Dead!12 Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Pinata13 Fishing - Shy Glow14 Sun Kil Moon - Benji15 Azealia Banks - Broke With Expensive Taste16 Total Control - Typical System17 Royal Blood - Royal Blood18 Taylor Swift - 198919 Perfume Genius - Too Bright20 Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else21 Ariel Pink - Pom Pom22 Caribou - Our Love23 King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizzard - I'm In Your Mind Fuzz24 Glass Animals - ZABA25 Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues26 Kelis - Food27 Blank Realm - Grassed In28 Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal29 Beck - Morning Phase30 Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence31 #1 Dads - About Face32 Alt-J - This Is All Yours33 DZ Deathrays - Black Rat34 TV On The Radio - Seeds35 Flight Facilities - Down To Earth36 Caitlin Park - The Sleeper37 Mastodon - Once More 'Round The Sun38 Angus and Julia Stone - Angus and Julia Stone39 The Black Keys - Turn Blue40 Sharon Van Etten - Are We There41 The Preatures - Blue Planet Eyes42 Augie March - Havens Dumb43 Alvvays - Alvvays44 First Aid Kit - Stay Gold45 Shihad - Fvey46 Hozier - Hozier47 Jack White - Lazaretto48 Ball Park Music - Puddinghead49 Peep Tempel - Tales50 Dan Sultan - Blackbird
― uxorious gazumping (monotony), Friday, 5 December 2014 03:07 (nine years ago) link
MAGNET’s Bill Meyer picks the best jazz/improv releases of the year
1 Kyle Bruckmann’s Wrack …Awaits Silent Tristero’s Empire (Singlespeed)2 Brötzmann Adasiewicz Edwards Noble Mental Shake (Otoroku)3 AMM Place Sub. V. (Matchless)4 Matt Bauder And Day In Pictures Nightshades (Clean Feed)5 Rob Mazurek Mother Ode (Corbett Vs. Dempsey)6 Russ Johnson Meeting Point (Relay)7 Cymerman Wooley Parker World Of Objects (5049)8 Steve Lehman Octet Mise En Abîme (Pi)9 Keir Neuringer Ceremonies Of The Air (New Atlantis)10 Travis Laplante’s Battle Trance Palace Of Wind (New Amsterdam)
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― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 5 December 2014 03:13 (nine years ago) link
Next batch of Guardian best albums:
10. Sleaford Mods - Divide and Exit9. Flying Lotus - You're Dead8. Beck - Morning Phase7. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 26. Trouble in Paradise - La Roux
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Friday, 5 December 2014 10:57 (nine years ago) link
is that la roux album any good? i've seen it on a few polls and don't feel too keen on them on the basis of the few older tracks i've heard
― nxd, Friday, 5 December 2014 11:00 (nine years ago) link
That La Roux album's surprisingly good and very different from the debut but I'm astonished that it's that high. Presumably it's St Vincent, TWOD, FKA, Aphex and Caribou in the Top 5.
― Re-Make/Re-Model, Friday, 5 December 2014 11:04 (nine years ago) link
yet again only one of these lists has anything from my top 20 records and i assure all and sundry that this is not intentional but wtf. perhaps only liking stuff that everyone else hates is some sort of talent i dunno
― don't ask me why i posted this (electricsound), Friday, 5 December 2014 11:05 (nine years ago) link
Predicted Guardian top 5: Aphex Twin, Caribou, St. Vincent, Beyonce, FKA Twigs
― nashwan, Friday, 5 December 2014 11:14 (nine years ago) link
on course for my votes to have zero impact on the guardian list apart from t-swift! literally not even listening to the same music as everyone else there.
― lex pretend, Friday, 5 December 2014 11:23 (nine years ago) link
The La Roux album is much less harsh than their debut. Her voice is still quite shrill but it's not presented in such a harsh, confrontational way and the music is much more disco than synth-pop this time around. It's certainly more listenable than the debut but I'm bewildered to see it so high on any list.
― boxedjoy, Friday, 5 December 2014 11:28 (nine years ago) link