was going to try to find a home for this Wind Atlas song in one of the rolling threads but I'll just stick it here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR3eC0YkS7I
― omar little, Monday, 20 August 2018 16:18 (five years ago) link
Future Me Hates Me By The Beths (which has been mentioned on the Alvvays and New Zealand music threads) is fast becoming my album of the year. So many amazing hooks crammed into every song and the harmonies/backing vocals are unbelievable. Could be this year's Charly Bliss.
Little Death is a probably my current favourite, but that keeps changing whenever I listen to it.
https://youtu.be/pBHBUpkRTgI
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 29 August 2018 05:10 (five years ago) link
Could be this year's Charly Bliss
I'm interested
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Wednesday, 29 August 2018 05:34 (five years ago) link
Could be this year's Charly Bliss.
I was interested, but what I love about CB is that their very melodically strong crunchy guitar songs have a total pure joy x-factor. This Beths song doesn't. It's perfectly fine, but feels like it was written specifically to be just that.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 29 August 2018 12:15 (five years ago) link
They're more akin to the more upbeat side of the Go-Betweens than Charly Bliss, imo. (It's a great album.)
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Wednesday, 29 August 2018 12:18 (five years ago) link
the beths album is great, i'm hit and miss about what hyped records i listen to but my favorite power pop band is the toms so i pretty much had to listen to it and i'm so glad i did even if it's for ultimately superficial reasons
― Arch Bacon (rushomancy), Wednesday, 29 August 2018 14:15 (five years ago) link
I hadn't made the Go-Betweens connection before, but I totally get it. That probably explains why I'm so obsessed with them right now as I've been on a big Go-Betweens kick recently. I guess they just remind me of Charly Bliss in the way it's brilliantly played indie pop with influences from the same era and tons of character. I'm getting that same rush that I got when Charly Bliss started clicking for me. She definitely doesn't have the same unique style that Eva does. Maybe this album has more in common with the Alex Lahey album?
Anyway, I'm hoping that The Beths take off on here and can make the end of year top five like Charly Bliss did. I think a lot of people will love this record.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 29 August 2018 14:27 (five years ago) link
was sure I'd posted this but I guess not, anyway, Skeleton Move by Master KG and Zanda Zakusa is just wonderfulhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRukwQzGMs8
― niels, Wednesday, 29 August 2018 18:47 (five years ago) link
It was posted on the Afropop thread
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 29 August 2018 19:50 (five years ago) link
...and on the Summer Jams thread, both courtesy of dog latin
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 29 August 2018 19:54 (five years ago) link
*both times*
thank you dog latin 🙏
― niels, Thursday, 30 August 2018 18:11 (five years ago) link
août
Nicolas Godin - Au service de la FranceA Certain Ratio ft. Barry Adamson & Tony Wilson - Dirty BoyThe Twelve Hour Foundation - SprudelSay Lou Lou - Golden ChildMichael Giacchino - Incredits 2Michael Giacchino / DCappella - Pow! Pow! Pow! (Mr. Incredible’s Theme)Ariana Grande - R.E.MCHVRCHES x WEDNESDAY CAMPANELLA - Out Of My HeadSoulwax - Essential TenJean-Michel Jarre - HerbalizerFEMM - Up Up&AwayLow - DisarrayNicki Minaj ft. Foxy Brown - Coco Chanel / Inspirations OutroRed Velvet - MosquitoBugge Wesseltoft & Prins Thomas - Norte do BrasilHelena Hauff - PanegyricChristine and the Queens - 5 dollarsKölsch and Tiga - Still So HighDisclosure - MoonlightMabel - One ShotWojciech Golczewski - FatemRikke Normann - I Belong (Prins Thomas Remix)
Also, my 2018 Spotify playlist got too big so started another one (already has 142 songs in it after 1 month lol):https://open.spotify.com/user/worrellj14/playlist/2hSivLZnvJeVuebshHWpoR?si=mgf6yIReQvC8RRqvIDBIZw
― Jeff W, Saturday, 1 September 2018 11:58 (five years ago) link
Albums:
(Favorites)Bernice - Puff: In The Air Without A ShapeProc Fiskal - InsulaYoung Fathers - Cocoa SugarGoat Girl - S/T
(In The Mix)FRIGS - Basic BehaviorSimian Mobile Disco - MurmurationsSleep - The SciencesThe Dead Tongues - Unsung PassageSzun Waves - New Hymn To FreedomForth Wanderers - S/TDRINKS - Hippo LiteMarian Hill - UnusualCamp Cope - How To Socialise & Make FriendsMaribou State - Kingdoms In ColourThe Blaze - DancehallEzra Furman - Transangelic Exudus
― nicky lo-fi, Thursday, 13 September 2018 13:58 (five years ago) link
top 10 so far
Andrew WK - You're Not AloneDaphne & Celeste Save the WorldDatarock - Face the BrutalityAutechre - NTS SessionsGeorge Clanton - SlideKoenjihyakkei - new album that I can't spellJanelle Monae - Dirty ComputerThey Might be Giants - I Like Fun3.2 - The Rules Have ChangedUnderworld & Iggy Pop - Teatime Dub Encounters
― frogbs, Thursday, 13 September 2018 14:17 (five years ago) link
solid lists
― nxd, Friday, 14 September 2018 13:30 (five years ago) link
Current favorites:
Autechre - NTSMitski - Be the CowboyPram - Across The MeridianLaurel Halo - Raw Silk Uncut WoodDomenico Lancellotti - The Good is a Big GodLUMP (Laura Marling, Mike Lindsay) - LUMPOneohtrix Point Never - Age OfThe Advisory Circle - Ways of SeeingParquet Courts - Wide Awake!Beach House - 7Speedy Ortiz - Twerp VerseJean Grae x Quelle Chris - Everything's FineCavern of Anti-Matter - Hormone Lemonade (and Blood Drums)Bill Frisell - Music ISMGMT - Little Dark AgeLake Ruth - Birds of AmericaYAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN - DirtCruel Diagonals - Disambiguation
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 14 September 2018 13:45 (five years ago) link
Good albums:
Delicate Features - PureStill Corners - Slow AirShakarchi and Stranéus - Steal Chickens From Men And The Future From GodBugge Wesseltoft & Prins Thomas - Bugge Wesseltoft & Prins ThomasMårble - DiegoGwenifer Raymond - You Never Were Much Of A DancerVarious Artists - Onda De Amor: Synthesized Brazilian Hits That Never Were (1984-94)Arp - ZebraSeán Mac Erlaine - Music For Empty EarsOrchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp - Sauvage FormesKhruangbin - Con Todo El Mundo
― A Box of After Dinner Comics Shipped to Your House Each Month (seandalai), Friday, 14 September 2018 14:09 (five years ago) link
I promise I'm only going to plug this once: I've started a new-music newsletter, with album and track picks going out every Friday morning with tidal/spotify/apple streaming links for all of 'em (with the singles gathered as a playlist). you can sign up here.
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Friday, 14 September 2018 14:12 (five years ago) link
the gwenifer raymond album makes me nostalgic for 2004
― ogmor, Friday, 14 September 2018 14:31 (five years ago) link
Recent(ish) favs
Petal - Magic GoneNoname - Room 25Chris Crack - Being Woke Ain't FunCut Worms - Hollow GroundWild Pink - Yolk in the FurHermit & The Recluse - Orpheus vs. The SirensThe Beths - Future Me Hates MeWild Nothing - IndigoMitski - Be The CowboyPopcaan - Forever
― guardians of the gums: i am tooth (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 September 2018 14:43 (five years ago) link
albums
The Beths - Future Me Hates MeBombino - DeranThe Breeders - All NerveCowboy Junkies - All That ReckoningJon Hassell - Listening to PicturesLow - Double NegativeStephen Malkmus & the Jicks - Sparkle HardMeshell Ndegeocello - VentriloquismDie Nerven - FakeTrygve Seim - Helsinki Songs
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 14 September 2018 15:53 (five years ago) link
EPs!
(and mini LPs)
After a slow start in 2018, there's been loads of great ones lately. Here's 20 I've not previously mentioned on this thread.
Red Velvet - Summer Magic: Summer Mini AlbumNeil Scrivin - Geek UpmanshipDeerful - tell me I can fix this on my ownRed Velvet - #CookieJarAGF - ENfys nESTZooey - Inspiration Information 1FEMM - dollhouseYMCK - MAGICAL GALAXY TOURThe Twelve Hour Foundation - Bunch of FivesKNIGHTSTOWN - Keep
Tokyo Elvis - Good NewsWojciech Golczewski - End of Transmission 2Le SuperHomard - The Pomegranate TreeNo Joy / Sonic Boom - s/tTWICE - What Is Love?Emma-Jean Thackray - Ley LinesMoses Sumney - Black in Deep Red, 2014mewithoutYou - (untitled)OH MY GIRL BANHANA - Banana Allergy MonkeyLOOΠΔ yyxy - beauty&thebeat
― Jeff W, Friday, 14 September 2018 20:12 (five years ago) link
A few additions since May:
Khanus - FlammarionVital Idles - Left Hand KEN Mode - LovedTaphos - Come Ethereal SombernessGhost - Prequelle
― o. nate, Saturday, 15 September 2018 01:35 (five years ago) link
Albums/EPs I've liked/loved this year (tops with an *) up through today:
Noname - Room 25*Low - Double Negative**Knife Knights - 1 Time GarageAdy Suleiman - MemoriesKali Uchis - IsolationStarchild & The New Romantic - LanguageBlood Orange - Negro Swan*Jon Hopkins - SingularityThe Internet - Hive MindMiguel - War & LeisureMoses Sumney - Black in Deep Red, 2014 EP*Kamaal Williams - The ReturnLa Luz - Floating FeaturesLotic - PowerMock Identity - ParadiseThe Midnight Hour (Adrian Younge) - The Midnight Hour*Witch Prophet -The Golden Octave*Hilary Woods - ColtKamasi Washington - Heaven & EarthCavern of Anti-Matter - Hormone LemonadeVirginia Wing - Ecastatic ArrowSaba - Care For Me**Sudan Archives - Sink EPSerpentwithfeet - Soil**Melo-Zed - ElevenLithics - Mating SurfacesYo La Tengo - There's A Riot Going OnShopping - The Official BodyOught - Room Inside the World
Saba and Serpentwithfeet and Low are my absolute favorites...
― Soundslike, Saturday, 15 September 2018 01:58 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwTMvh8fI4I
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Saturday, 15 September 2018 22:32 (five years ago) link
every time i say this is going to be the last fucked up record i'm going to listen to, that it's about time their sonic experimentalism combined with shouting punk singer got old for me. nah, it doesn't.
― milkshake duck george bernard shaw (rushomancy), Sunday, 16 September 2018 01:02 (five years ago) link
Their most recent single is fantastic.
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Sunday, 16 September 2018 01:13 (five years ago) link
Hey, Pitchfork just reviewed the latest Aphex Twin ep.. it's high time we started talking about it. Those Fenix Funk 5-esque melodies on the latter half of "MT1 t29r2", my god
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Monday, 17 September 2018 19:16 (five years ago) link
September. No AFX.
Shadow Party - Reverse the Curse (ACR:MCR Rework Extended)I Am Robot and Proud - A Dot In AirDawn Richard - JealousyMariah Carey - GTFOTOMAGA - The Dancer In The LakeLow - Always Trying To Work It OutOrbital - Hoo Hoo Ha HaDavid Guetta ft. Jess Glynne & Stefflon Don - She Knows How To Love MeKero Kero Bonito - Make BelieveKyary Pamyu Pamyu - Enka Natorium (演歌ナトリウム)Yasutaka Nakata ft. Charli XCX & Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - Crazy CrazyCharli XCX - Focus (Yaeji remix)Robyn - HoneyShe Makes War - London BitesBroadcast - Petal Alphabet (demo)Christine and the Queens - Follarse [aka Damn (what must a woman do)]Ellen Allien - Flying Objects
― Jeff W, Sunday, 30 September 2018 16:43 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOWrfLlxcPE&t=50s
oh, boo-HOO.... AFX made a good ep. Tracks 1, 2, and 3 are favorites
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Sunday, 30 September 2018 17:52 (five years ago) link
this is from 1987, but apparently it's being reissued this year? Stephane Sévérac - Hold On
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgyvDwHKtAQ
― soref, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 19:20 (five years ago) link
good stuff, george michael vibe
― niels, Wednesday, 3 October 2018 06:47 (five years ago) link
xp The original 12 inch mix is fantastic.
I think it was supposed to have been reissued last year on Pacific Beach Vinyl but never seemed to materialise.
― groovypanda, Friday, 5 October 2018 08:49 (five years ago) link
Made with alarmingly obsessive attention to detail, one for Brits and Anglophiles of a certain age…
http://www.acidjazz.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/MattBThemesPackshot3000.jpeg
― Jeff W, Friday, 5 October 2018 13:24 (five years ago) link
Our Girl supported Bill Ryder Jones on his recent tour. Their album has been out since the summer 'Stranger Today'. They were great live and the album hits some Lush spots in parts.
― lefal junglist platton (wtev), Sunday, 7 October 2018 21:40 (five years ago) link
My favourites from Q3: http://cancatervation.tumblr.com/post/178694896312/q3-2018-faves
― monotony, Sunday, 7 October 2018 22:20 (five years ago) link
October (a busy month)
Candi Staton - ConfidenceTokyo Elvis ft. Hatsune Mitsuko - FetishSigrid - Sucker Punch (original / Four Tet remix)Kero Kero Bonito - If I’d KnownKristin Hersh - GinNeneh Cherry - Natural Skin DeepCalibro 35 ft. Elisa Zoot - Travelers, ExplorersPiney Gir - DreamcatcherThe Heartwood Institute - Barsham FaireSaint Etienne - Little ChefChris Carter - Bongo Glow; Blissters (Radiophonic Workshop remix)Halo Maud - Baptism; SurpriseListening Center - Clarion of the Collapsed ComplexEsperanza Spalding - Touch in MineSpencer Zahn ft. Dawn Richard - CyanotypeTerje Torkellsen - SeanLet’s Eat Grandma - Falling Into Me (patten remix)Cavern of Anti-Matter - Mannequin MetricSilk City & Dua Lipa ft. Diplo & Mark Ronson - ElectricityCher Lloyd - None of My BusinessUffie - PapercutsZara Larsson - Ruin My LifeAURORA - Forgotten Love (Claptone remix)Robyn - Because It’s In The MusicNoname ft. Ravyn Lenae - Montego BaeCardi B - MoneyJulia Holter - Colligere; Words I HeardOneohtrix Point Never - Love in the Time of LexaproRiton + Kah-Lo - Bad BoySone Institute - Winter Is Dead; Justice… As IsNao - A Life Like This
― Jeff W, Sunday, 4 November 2018 22:26 (five years ago) link
My new favorite thing is Bon Voyage Organisation's 'Jungle? Quelle Jungle?'
Exquisite funky disco goodness.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 5 November 2018 00:25 (five years ago) link
I like that new Oneohtrix track more than anything on the album.
― MikoMcha, Monday, 5 November 2018 12:13 (five years ago) link
Posting here because there's no 2018 shambhala thread and because it's a favourite track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIYM7in1Tcs
― seandalai, Thursday, 29 November 2018 11:42 (five years ago) link
Not Pop Not Indie Shambhala 2018 Thread
That's nice though!
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 29 November 2018 12:45 (five years ago) link
Shout out to a September album release that I just caught up with but was an insta-buy: the latest Tokyo Elvis LP "Nice & Pleasant". As ever with him, the words are mostly sung by a vocaloid software voicebank persona that you'll either love or hate but there's unexpected depths in the writing. Possibly my favourite pure pop LP of the year. Listen here: http://tokyoelvis.bandcamp.com/album/nice-pleasant
― Jeff W, Thursday, 29 November 2018 21:06 (five years ago) link
November monsters
Dirty Projectors ft. Dear Nora - (I Wanna) Feel It All (Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith remix)Ariana Grande - thank u, nextKölsch - EmoticonI Am Robot And Proud - Imaginary Gadgets; Lucky StaticTWICE - Say You Love MeCalibro 35 - Stingray (instrumental)Dawn Richard - new breedMariah Carey ft. Slick Rick & Blood Orange - Giving Me LifeBarbara Morgenstern - Angel’s WhisperGemma Ray - Blossom CrawlsThe Japanese House - Follow My GirlEmerson Kitamura - Rock Your BabyWEDNESDAY CAMPANELLA ft. yahyei - Survive TokyoLe SuperHomard - SpringtimeTokyo Elvis ft. Hatsune Miku - Hello, Hello; Dance Off-TimePye Corner Audio - Deep Space ProbeFaten Kanaan - Folksong; FoxesLaurel Halo & Hodge - TruGrimes ft. HANA - We Appreciate PowerAly & AJ - With You
― Jeff W, Sunday, 2 December 2018 14:11 (five years ago) link
Charlotte Gainsbourg making a late charge with the brilliant 'Take 2' EP!
― Jeff W, Sunday, 16 December 2018 12:33 (five years ago) link
December songs (and a few sweep-ups from earlier in 2018)
Caterina Barbieri - We Access Only A FractionAPRIL - Oh-e-OhGirls’ Generation-Oh!GG - Lil’ TouchRed Velvet - Sassy MeSimmy ft. S-Tone - Incwadi EncaneAnuel Aa feat. Bantu & Nicki Minaj - FamiliaBantu & Jonas Blue ft. Shungudzo & ZieZie - Roll With Me (Team Salut remix)JPEGMAFIA - Baby I’m BleedingHolly Herndon, Jlin & Spawn - GodmotherPrincess Nokia - DragonsCharlotte Gainsbourg - Such A Remarkable DayD. Rothon - The Years Fall AwaySHY FX ft. Stamina MC & Lily Allen - Roll the DiceYouth Team - GlistenPye Corner Audio - Satan’s Little HelperTokyo Elvis - Yuki BoshiMNEK ft. Hailee Steinfeld - ColourHailee Steinfeld - Back to Life
― Jeff W, Thursday, 27 December 2018 01:40 (five years ago) link
I think jazz is fast approaching 50% of my listening time.Pretty much replaced me trying to find new electronic albums to get into.
― nicky lo-fi, Thursday, 27 December 2018 19:12 (five years ago) link