Demdike Stare x Il Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza - The Feed-Back LoopPablo's Eye - Spring Break Bernard Baschet & Michel Deneuve - 4 espaces soniresVarious Artists - Uneven Paths: Deviant Pop From EuropeKink Gong - Dian Long: Soundscape China / Destruction of Chinese Pop Mårble - Diego Creta - Creta Walter Verdin - Voor Adeline "Een Fantastisch Nieuw Muziektheater" Carl Stone - Electronic Music From the Eighties and Nineties Èlg - Vu du dôme (2018
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 21 September 2018 16:19 (five years ago) link
Aphex Twin - CollapseAutechre - NTS SessionsOneohtrix Point Never - Age ofLucio Capece / Marc Baron - My Trust In YouThomas Ankersmit - Homage to Dick RaaijmakersBruno Duplant - Chamber and Field Works 2015 - 2017Ola Paulson & John Tilbury - Seagull SonatasJürg Frey & Magnus Granberg - Early to LateJogging House - Wouldxuiqen - moiré
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Friday, 21 September 2018 19:26 (five years ago) link
Some things I've liked a lot:
Le Dom - Castle Owner EP (Paradoxe Club)Anenon - Tongue (Friends of Friends)DJ Plead - Get In Circle (Decisions)Jeremy Pelt - Live in ParisPatrick Zimmerli - ClockworksCity - Skeleton EPSerpentwithfeet - soilSunareht - Sagas EP (Paradoxe Club)The Ophelias - AlmostLechuga Zafiro - Testigo EPAutechre - NTS Sessions
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 21 September 2018 19:42 (five years ago) link
kacey musgraves - golden hourcharlie puth - voicenotesblood orange - negro swansandro perri - in another lifeamen dunes - freedomdj koze - knock knocktroye sivan - bloomfamous dex - dex meets dexter
― J0rdan S., Friday, 21 September 2018 20:00 (five years ago) link
I feel like there's not a whole lot of overlap between everyone... is that normal and/or am I not looking closely enough? I'm not always good at paying attention.
― Evan, Friday, 21 September 2018 20:02 (five years ago) link
everyone likes autechre
― nba jungboy (voodoo chili), Friday, 21 September 2018 20:11 (five years ago) link
Cardi BTracey ThornU.S. GirlsBeach HouseMitskiKacey MusgravesParquet CourtsJ BalvinAgainst All LogicBlack Panther sndtrk
― evol j, Friday, 21 September 2018 20:15 (five years ago) link
I have got ten albums together now. This year seems quite good. And I have hardly listened to a couple of other promising releases like Richard Thompson, Sons of Kemet, Snail Mail, Parquet Courts, Brian Eno, Beak, Die Wilde Jagd, Nik Bartsch's Ronin, Arve Henriksen etc.
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, 21 September 2018 20:16 (five years ago) link
It's going to be Low, innit? That and Autechre.
― Have the Rams stopped screaming yet, Lloris? (Chinaski), Friday, 21 September 2018 20:23 (five years ago) link
Not me! Fuck Autechre.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 21 September 2018 21:34 (five years ago) link
― Evan, Friday, September 21, 2018 1:02 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Last year's EOY polls had very little overlap too
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Friday, 21 September 2018 21:42 (five years ago) link
in no order...
1. Cosmic Church - Täyttymys - Nature worshiping one-man occult metal from Finland.
2. Hermit and the Recluse - Orpheus vs. the Sirens - Brownsville, BK rapper (and FDNY Captain), KA with producer, Animoss craft trippy and dense street rap refracted through a lens of Greek mythology. Next level sample-based production that deftly avoids hard drums.
3. Merzbow - Noisembryo - Gorgeous reissue of the '94 harsh noise classic by Hospital Productions.
4. Sons of Kemet - Your Queen is a Reptile - British afrobeat/soul jazz. Dual drummers, sax, and tuba.
5. Mo*Te - Life in a Peaceful New World - Another Japanese harsh noise reissue. This one of an absurdly limited cassette from '96. For those here with any interest in this stuff - total mastery of the form.
6. Jerman Barnes - The Finger'd Remove - Mind-meld improv using metal, bamboo, springboard, temple block, stones, feathers, wood, and sub-perceptual electronics by big-eared lifers, Jeph Jerman and Tim Barnes.
7. Ursula K. LeGuin & Todd Barton - Music and Poetry of the Kesh - Lovingly crafted LP of a cassette that came with the first edition of LeGuin's 1985 Utopian Sci-Fi epic, 'Always Coming Home.'
8. Oneohtrix Point Never - Age Of - Another bold step into the Octagon from Lopatin. Again, beautiful presentation that keeps me buying physical media.
9. Daniel Schmidt - In My Arms, Many Flowers - Reissue of late '70s / early '80s Bay Area Gamelan minimalism. Drifting and cyclical and not far off the hypnotic Italian stuff that Die Schactel reissues.
10. Mkwaju Ensemble - Ki-Motion - Midori Takada led percussion ensemble recording from '81. Vibes, marimba, bamboo and synths. I'm continually amazed by the depth and quality of the reissue well.
― Yelploaf, Friday, 21 September 2018 23:20 (five years ago) link
No particular order:
Neko Case: Hell-onParquet Courts: Wide Awake!
― rap is dad (it's a boy!), Friday, 21 September 2018 23:46 (five years ago) link
It’s all about Sweetener for me. Apologies to the rest of music.
― growing up in publix (morrisp), Saturday, 22 September 2018 00:43 (five years ago) link
Updated list:
1. The Beths - Future Me Hates Me 2. Melody's Echo Chamber - Bon Voyage 3. Kali Uchis - Isolation4. Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer5. Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog 6. Tracey Thorn - Record7. Mitski - Be The Cowboy 8. Noname Room 259. Let's Eat Grandma - I'm All Ears 10. Christine & The Queens - Chris
U.S. Girls - In A Poem UnlimitedBeach House - 7
― kitchen person, Saturday, 22 September 2018 02:00 (five years ago) link
I should give Melody's Echo Chamber another try. Kind of reminded me of April March on first listen.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Saturday, 22 September 2018 03:04 (five years ago) link
Thanks for the annotations, Yelploaf. I wish everyone would do that.
― ArchCarrier, Saturday, 22 September 2018 07:03 (five years ago) link
i dunno about 10, lotta settling still to do.
autechre - nts sessionsdaniel bachman - the morning starthe ex - 23 passportskacey musgraves - golden hourken mode - lovedjames brandon lewis trio - radiant imprintsmiles okazaki - work vols. 1-6witch mountain - s/twill dimaggio - at easecontainer - lp
― j., Saturday, 22 September 2018 07:33 (five years ago) link
Hailu MergiaKacey MusgravesBill FrisellJakob BroJuliana HatfieldOkkervil RiverSabaEleanor FriedbergerChris CrackSandro Perri
― niels, Saturday, 22 September 2018 08:03 (five years ago) link
Lots of mentions for Let's Eat Grandma. I want to listen but that fucking name: makes me want to chew my own ears off.
Updated:
Sly & Robbie Meet Nils Petter Molvær feat. Eivind Aarset and Vladislav DelayLowSleepTangentsLeila Abdul-RalfThe Innocence MissionThe Dead TonguesSons of KemetSteve TibbetsJon Hassell
― Have the Rams stopped screaming yet, Lloris? (Chinaski), Saturday, 22 September 2018 09:30 (five years ago) link
Low - Double Negative: gorgeous uneasy listeningAnna Von Hausswolff - Dead Magic: my goth witch alter egoGurrumul - Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow): overwhelming elegiesAshley Monroe - Sparrow: comely and broken like meLet’s Eat Grandma - I’m All Ears: kids don't know not to reach for the starsSons of Kemet - Your Queen Is A Reptile: grooves that always already existedWye Oak - The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs: technicolour dreamsEzra Furman - Transangelic Exodus: my gay outlaw fantasyWednesday Campanella - Galapagos: the interior design of my brainRoss From Friends - Family Portrait: melancholy and highly sexedTangents - New Bodies: dream theory in australiaBusiswa- Highly Flavoured: highly sexed and highly sexed Pablo’s Eye - Spring Break / Bardo For Pablo: that just woke up from an afternoon nap feelingHelena Hauff - Qualm: choke me momSandro Perri - In Another Life: where the ocean meets the sky i'll be sailingGang Gang Dance - Kazuashita: equatorial exposure volume oneMeshell Ndgeocello - Ventriloquism: crying foreverRico Nasty - Nasty: nasty
― Tim F, Saturday, 22 September 2018 10:20 (five years ago) link
There's too much I haven't heard yet but so far (excluding classical music):
Jon Hassell - Listening to Pictures (Pentimento Volume One)Grouper - Grid of PointsAutechre - NTS Sessions 1-4Saba - Care for MeJakob Bro - ReturningsBasalte - VertigeSIT - Invisibility, Chapters I & IIAmon Dunes - FreedomNONE - Life Has Gone on Long EnoughFuture Museums - Rosewater Ceremony
― pomenitul, Saturday, 22 September 2018 14:34 (five years ago) link
i wish i could fit natalie prass and hop along into my top ten
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Saturday, 22 September 2018 14:36 (five years ago) link
Amen rather than Amon (subconsciously longing for Tobin?).
― pomenitul, Saturday, 22 September 2018 14:44 (five years ago) link
SIT - Invisibility, Chapters I & II
^^^
yes!
― calzino, Saturday, 22 September 2018 14:46 (five years ago) link
I knew I'd eventually end up agreeing with you on something, pom!
― calzino, Saturday, 22 September 2018 16:05 (five years ago) link
Haha, I'd wager we agree more than we disagree on most things. Even politically.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 22 September 2018 16:16 (five years ago) link
BethsParquet CourtsBeach HouseRolling Blackouts
Thats it. Kinda weak year so far imo.
Maybe Uncle Acid and/ot Kurt Vile will save it..
― nostormo, Saturday, 22 September 2018 16:17 (five years ago) link
Oh i forgot .Ty Seagall January record is nice.
And looking forward to MBV too
― nostormo, Saturday, 22 September 2018 16:23 (five years ago) link
I feel like I must be missing a lot of good stuff, but so far I like:
Ought - Room Inside the WorldTribulation - Down BelowKEN mode - LovedLie in Ruins - Demise (EP)Khanus - FlammarionVital Idles - Left HandDeszcz - IIIGhost - PrequelleAura Noir - Aura NoireGolgothan Remains - Perverse Offerings to the Void
― o. nate, Monday, 24 September 2018 01:47 (five years ago) link
just need to drop in and say i gave that mika vaino a try today while working. it sounded great but i couldn't do it, too frickin scary!
― macropuente (map), Monday, 24 September 2018 01:52 (five years ago) link
I got these!
Cupcakke – EphorizeU.S. Girls – In a Poem UnlimitedMr. Fingers – Cerebral HemispheresToni Braxton – Sex & CigarettestUnE-yArDs – I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private LifeRavyn Lenae – CrushTracy Thorn – RecordMigos – Culture IIThe Breeders – All NerveAshley Monroe – SparrowTal National – TantabaraCourtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really FeelBali Baby – Baylor Swift Amen Nunes – FreedomSpeedy Ortiz – Twerp VerseCardi B – Invasion of PrivacyParquet Courts – Wide Awake!Janelle Monae – Dirty ComputerPusha T – DaytonaMeshell Ndegeocello – VentriloquismJohn Prine – The Tree of ForgivenessRae Sremmurd – SR3MMBelly – DoveSuperchunk – What a Time to Be AliveTroye Sivan – BloomThe Chills – SnowboundAriana Grande - SweetenerMitski – Be the Cowboy
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 24 September 2018 02:02 (five years ago) link
Time for some revisions to my list
Lake RuthMGMTCavern of Anti-MatterBill FrisellJean Grae x Quelle ChrisSleepSpeedy OrtizJanelle MonaeBeach HouseThe Sea and CakeLowAutechreMitski Laurel HaloOneohtrix Point NeverPram
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 24 September 2018 02:11 (five years ago) link
i don't know how to get it down to ten, so here are some i haven't seen mentioned much
aquaserge - deja-vousbekon - get with the timesbrown calculus - live at the map room epdomenico lancelotti - the good is a big godv/a - program 1: strange sounds from indianapolis and beyondjim miles - waste begat wastel'imperatrice - matahariorchestre tout puissant marcel duchamp - sauvage formesphilip d kick - pathwaysthe sevateem - the caves
ten archival picks:
ami shavit - neural oscillations and alpha rhythmsbernard estardy - space oddities (1970-1982)colored music - individual beautyentourage - ceremony of dreams: studio sessions and outtakes, 1972-1977gene clark - sings for youkuniyuki takahashi - early tape works (1986-1993) vol 1paddy kingsland - the changes original soundtrackbasement beehive: the girl group undergroundsatan in love: rare finnish synth-pop and disco 1979-1992welcome to paradise vol. iii: italian dream house 90-94
― milkshake duck george bernard shaw (rushomancy), Monday, 24 September 2018 02:22 (five years ago) link
I strongly considered adding that Domenico Lancelotti album to my list. A worthy descendant to The High Llamas - Snowbug.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 24 September 2018 02:26 (five years ago) link
oh yeah it is sean o'hagan related. why did i think it was cheer-accident related? i don't know.
of the rest, the aquaserge, jim miles, and orchestra tout puissant marcel duchamp are variously in the neighborhood of "prog", bekon is some variety of alt-r&b, l'ipmperatrice and the sevateem are some variety of synthpop, philip d kick is some variety of electronic, and the other two are what they are. if that's of any assistance.
― milkshake duck george bernard shaw (rushomancy), Monday, 24 September 2018 02:33 (five years ago) link
Still haven't heard the new Beak album, but I'm betting it'll make my top ten. And this: http://mlesprg.bandcamp.com/album/mount-vision
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Monday, 24 September 2018 03:09 (five years ago) link
― nostormo, Saturday, September 22, 2018 12:17 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Hmmm you might like Salad Boys?
― Evan, Monday, 24 September 2018 11:42 (five years ago) link
the absolute state of that post tbh
― imago, Monday, 24 September 2018 11:45 (five years ago) link
lol
― pomenitul, Monday, 24 September 2018 12:37 (five years ago) link
People, why has nobody on this entire thread mentioned the fantastic album To The Sunset by Amanda Shires? It's easily one of the best records of the year. For crying out loud, please get on board.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 24 September 2018 13:55 (five years ago) link
what is that new kero kero bonito like
anyone heard it
also tempted to follow kornrulez on that suggestion due to the passion there
― montoya (Ross), Sunday, 7 October 2018 17:27 (five years ago) link
fantastic stuff, a step up imo - there's a thread for them :)
KERO KERO BONITO
― nxd, Monday, 8 October 2018 08:38 (five years ago) link
yeah a huge step up
― imago, Monday, 8 October 2018 08:49 (five years ago) link
cool, gotta hear that, thanks
top 10 at the moment, a lot of great records this year but these are the ones i come back to.
1. Madeline Kenney - Perfect Shapes2. Pram - Across the Meridian3. Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy4. Ionalee - Everyone Afraid To Be Forgotten5. Soccer Mommy - Clean6. Tirzah - Devotion7. Tove Styrke - Sway8. Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel9. Dj Koze - Knock Knock10. mgmt - little dark age
― Ross, Wednesday, 10 October 2018 16:15 (five years ago) link
that madeline kenney is so good
― maura, Wednesday, 10 October 2018 20:55 (five years ago) link
she is a real fucking gem!
― Ross, Wednesday, 10 October 2018 22:25 (five years ago) link
Just listening for the first time. Kenney album is really good.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 10 October 2018 22:36 (five years ago) link
heard the first one LBI
― Ross, Wednesday, 10 October 2018 22:40 (five years ago) link
that and the EP are essential, signals rules