I might have to do a January list as well. It's been an extremely strong start to the year, including a bunch of strong or high potential LPs that only dropped today.
In the meantime, here's my first Spotify playlist for 2020:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kerrWH99u2xJwPXHJFDj5?si=jH15e2-0QeWA9cmIWLs3yw
― Jeff W, Friday, 31 January 2020 19:56 (four years ago) link
Shopping - For Your Pleasurehttps://youtu.be/9pBOBhq0DHQ
― Dinsdale, Saturday, 1 February 2020 08:19 (four years ago) link
And I never expected it to be so but the new Pearl Jam single 'Dance of the Clairvoyants' is also a favorite of minehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss6mIGfyvXM
― Dinsdale, Saturday, 1 February 2020 08:47 (four years ago) link
didn't mean to embed, sorry
"Ray Guns" by Georgia is awesome. The heavy percussion, the addition of the chord progression near the end a la "Velvet" by The Big Pink, there's a lot going on. https://open.spotify.com/track/7liXuCNm0GZyHCV8yHZpHz?si=o54MSPmeRVKRCzHjimpkMg
― Bill Bruford's drumbeat for "South Side of the Sky": proto-dubstep? (Prefecture), Monday, 3 February 2020 04:34 (four years ago) link
Mentioned by uly a week ago amongst many others, but "Simmer" by Hayley Williams is prob the first "single" to really pop my ears up this year.
― anatol_merklich, Friday, 7 February 2020 00:12 (four years ago) link
Noteworthy listens through the month of February:
Albums:Moses Sumney - græ pt 1 (ridiculously ambitious but very enjoyable in small doses)K Michelle - All Monsters Are HumanCarly Pearce - s/tRafiq Bhatia - Standards v1Denzel Curry - ZUU (2019, listening to this again obsessively, mostly for Carolmart, Automatic and Zuu)Pongo - UWAEris Drew - Fluids of EmotionFaye Victor's Mutations for Justice - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMtqFtpLN-sGil Scott Heron and Makaya McCraven - We're New Again (top 10 of the year for sure)Hayley Williams - Petals for Armor IKat Edmonson - Dreamers DoThe Westerlies - Wherein Lies the Good (another top 10 i think)Aaron Diehl - The VagabondRobert Glasper - The Photograph OSTBillie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep (late pass but tbf the singles are basically all the meat you need)Sam Lee - Old Wow (sadly his least strong album thus far but enough good stuff to include here)The Hawtplates - Literally anything I can find by them which ain't much: https://soundcloud.com/user-111100546 / https://vimeo.com/168463894Los Aurora - Aurora (2017)STEFA* - Sepalina (2018)
Singles:K Michelle - OMG, SupahoodDua Lipa - Physical, Future Nostalgia, Don't Start Now (Live mix)Stormzy/Burna/Stylo G - Own It (Toddla Refix)HAWA - iPhoneShabaka Hutchings - Go My Heart to Heaven, The Coming of the Strange OnesCharlie Wilson - Forever ValentineMegan Thee Stallion and Phony Ppl - Fkn AroundSF9 - Good GuyTennis - Need Your LoveQuelle Chris and Chris Keys - Sudden DeathBieber and Quavo - Intentions / Beiber and Kehlani - Get Me / Beeber and Summer Walker - Yummy RemixDuke Deuce with Lil Jon and Juicy and Project Pat-uh - Crunk Aint Dead (Remix)Hailu Mergia - Abichu Nega NegaDAOKO - Otogino MachiPrince Kaybee - UwrongoCaribou - Never Come BackVictoria Monet - MomentKiana Ledé - Mad at Me (fresh and clean)Daniel Avery and Alessandro Cortini - Illusion of TimeMoses Sumney - Cut Me, Conveyor, Neither/NorPanjabi MC - StandardTassa Reis - Dollar Euro645AR - 4 Da Trap (lol)Caoimhín ó Raghallaigh and Dan Trueman - WiddershinsAsa Bantan and Jus Now - Fete is FeteYG and Kehlani - Konclusions (really can't wait for the next Kehlani album)Tink - Fuck Around (i should tackle the album)Machel Montano - Boss WineJason Isbell and 400 Unit - Be AfraidPottery - Texas Drums pt 1 and 2Kabza de Small and DJ Maphorisa - eMcimbiniErykah Badu and James Poyser - TemptedHayley Williams - Leave it AloneKat Edmonson - Someone's In the House, Chim Chim Cheree, When You Wish Upon A Star, All I Do Is Dream of You The Westerlies - Weeping MaryAaron Diehl - Piano Etude no. 16Kizz Daniel - JahoSarkodie and Efya - SaaraDe Mogul SA and Natalie Mabaso - Ndiphelele / De Mogul SA and Mdee Mshangane - Na ku RandzaArlo Parks - EugenePreedy - Yuh BadSelena Gomez - Fun, Rare, Feel Me (need to go back to this album probably)Squarepusher - Be Up a Hello (same)Dawn Richard - Die Without You, ButtahTrippie Redd and DaBaby - Death (this is the anthem)Zico - Any SongSam Lee - The Garden of EnglandPop Smoke and Quavo - Shake the RoomWillie Nelson - First Rose of SpringNino Augustine - MieneteteThundercat - Dragonball DuragOmarion and T-Pain - Can You Hear Me (damn, it's the early aughts all over again)Claudio x Kenza with Mpumi - Yasha ImiziSoweto's Finest - TikoloshiThe Scientists DJ - Imphumelelo (original and remix)Dr Thulz and TNS - Believe in LoveAmadou and Mariam - Bamako (Divolly and Markward remix)Johnny Bravo and DJ Pzee Boy - O PAM (O PAM, O PAM, O PAM, O PAM, O PAM, O PAM)Jah9 - HighlyIZ*ONE - FIESTACeml Ergün and JACK Quartet - Sonare & Celareคณะ รุ่งทวี - แห่สดดนตรีพื้นบ้านหนองโก ชุดที่ 8 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=GaXDhd2-mwMSTEFA* - Sepalina, Negra mas linda
Albums Just Added to the Rummage:Claudio x Kenza - Circle of LifeKatie Pruitt - ExpectationsFunction - ExistenzNicola Cruz - HybridismVic Spencer - Psychological Cheat SheetDeniro Farrar - Sole FoodCharles Lloyd - 8Kassa Overall - I Thin I'm GoodDisclosure - EtranAngelica Garcia - Cha Cha PalaceCaribou - SuddenlyPop Smoke - Meet the Woo 2Elio Vilafranca - Cinque
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 28 February 2020 19:00 (four years ago) link
Tink album is much better than I was expecting, well worth checking out.
Starting listening to the Moses Sumney and was enjoying it - but when I realised this just the first half of the LP and there's a shedload more of it due in May, decided I'll tackle it properly then.
Now contemplating whether to listen to TWO Princess Nokia albums lol
― Jeff W, Saturday, 29 February 2020 19:03 (four years ago) link
Digging in on the tink a bit more; it's worth exploring i think
You should jump in on the sumney now; i think he'll ultimately have one album of strong material spread out over two so you can start chopping up the current one now and not slog through everything.
I got through about three sample tracks from each P Nokia album and uh i am not likely to go back for more.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 1 March 2020 23:34 (four years ago) link
The band Kiwi Jr. released what is far and away my most played album of 2020 thus far.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 2 March 2020 01:54 (four years ago) link
Haven't listened to that many albums this year but I suppose I'll get to it in the following weeks since I'm virtually unemployed until further notice. My parents have a cabin in the woods, I intend to spend a week there, might as well listen to albums recommended on this thread and around ilm.
My favorite 35 songs of the first trimester... these ones might change:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4vbt9Rq7Ii3CTwo0yP4Zcb?si=f_7iiJsSRw6HwZanrNgdNg
Destroyer - Cue Synthesizer Easy Life - Sangria Selena Gomez - Rare Andy Shauf - Living Room Westerman - Blue Comanche Mura Masa - Today (with Tirzah) Skatebård - Volpi Polari Four Tet - Baby Chromatics - TOY BAYNK - DOWN Khruangbin - Midnight Against All Logic - If Loving You Is Wrong 070 Shake - Guilty Conscience TOPS - Witching Hour Oklou - Entertnmnt Jess Williamson - Wind on Tin Phoebe Bridgers - Garden Song Caribou - Like I Loved You Bullion - We Had A Good Time Yansima - Tweede Cans Jessie Ware - SpotlightSoko - Being Sad Is Not a Crime Jitwam - Enchanté Franc Moody - Skin on Skin Louis Prince - The Number Thirteen Perfume Genius - Describe (edit)Caroline Rose - Do You Think We’ll Last Forever? Buscabulla - NTE Gotts Street Park - Favourite Kind Of Girl Califone - Night Gallery / Projector Drab City - Devil Doll Speedometer - We Gave up Too Soon (feat. Vanessa Jamie) Mac Miller - RightYumi Zouma - Cool for a SecondMidwife - Anyone Can Play Guitar
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 23 March 2020 01:28 (four years ago) link
If I had to pick my top favorites of that lot, these 5 are probably the ones I come back to the most:
070 Shake - Guilty ConscienceCaroline Rose - Do You Think We’ll Last Forever?Mura Masa - Today (with Tirzah)Bullion - We Had A Good TimeWesterman - Blue Comanche
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 23 March 2020 01:32 (four years ago) link
i had no idea that Tink had a new album. I enjoyed a lot 'voicenotes'. have to check this one out.
― Nourry, Monday, 23 March 2020 13:11 (four years ago) link
1/4 through 2020 these are my fav albums:
Boldy James - The Price of Tea in ChinaHorse Lords - The Common TaskAlabaster DePlume - To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals Volume 1Steve Palmer - Useful HistoriesBeatrice Dillon - WorkaroundNavy Blue - Àdá Irin
― ogmor, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 10:03 (four years ago) link
newish stuff I've listened more than a few times
Saphileaum - Samosi Delphine Dora - L'inattingibleBobby Previte, Jamie Saft & Nels Cline - Music From The Early 21st CenturyColin Stetson - Color Out of SpaceUlla - Tumbling Towards a WallJennifer Curtis & Tyshawn Sorey - Invisible Ritual Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow - Life Goes OnAaron Diehl - The Vagabond
― calzino, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 10:15 (four years ago) link
a few songs I can't get enough of:
Dirty Projectors - OverlordWaxahatchee - FireKhruangbin feat. Leon Bridges - Texas SunDestroyer - The RavenHayley Williams - Simmer (Caroline Polachek Remix)
― handsome boy modelling software (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 31 March 2020 13:37 (four years ago) link
I'm not following new albums super well, but:
Alabaster DePlume - To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals Volume 1Moses Boyd - Dark MatterShabaka & the Ancestors - We Are Sent Here by HistoryJ Hus - Big ConspiracyJeff Parker - Suite for Max BrownMakaya McCraven & Gil Scott Heron - We're New AgainVarious Artists / Lord Kitchener - London Is the Place for Me, Vols. 7 & 8
I need to spend a day going through all my "listen more" genre playlists, but in the meantime:
Chronixx - Dela MovePrince Kaybee, Shimza, Black Motion & Ami Faku - UwrongoRuntown f. Darkovibes & Bella Shmurda - Body RiddimJah 9 - HighlyChronic Law - Good NameMr Eazi - KpalangaGovana - ImpossibleEjoya & Buju - Mind GamesAdekunle Gold f. Kizz Daniel - JoreJada Kingdom - Heavy!Kabza de Small & DJ Maphorisa - eMcimbiniJ Hus f. Koffee - RepeatSimmy f. Sino Msolo - Ngihamba Nawe
― rob, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 14:08 (four years ago) link
March's general terror has cut down the more voracious elements of my erratic listening habits as I search desperately for anything that can calm me down. That something has absolutely been the stunning and sterling Alabaster DePlume - To Cy and Lee: Instrumentals v. 1 which is definitely gonna be among my faves this year. Lots has been said already about influences and connections but I just heard the throughline with Haruomi Hosono so I thought I'd mention that here.
Close seconds in terms of playtime and benefit to my life are the twin lesbian country powerhouses Katie Pruitt - Expectations and Brandy Clark - Your Life is a Record; both are outrageously good and boast amazing moments of peak 2020 songwriting.
Two singles that capture the moment: iMarkkeyz + Cardi B's "Coronavirus" (likely novelty track of the year, seems to have faded more and more into the background as people are dying though) and JACK QUARTET's version of Cenk Ergün's "Sonare" (sounds exactly like the wasps in my mind, it somehow helps to externalize them).
Otherwise there was much rejoicing with each of the following:
AlbumsMalicorne - Colin (1974, been a long time, now seemed a likely good time to come back. it was)Lone - Not Seeing is a Flower (2019, another one that resurfaced for calm)Jeremy Cunningham - The Weather Up ThereTink - Hopeless RomanticThe Secret Sisters - Saturn ReturnSelena Gomez - Rare (yeah, "Lose You To Love Me" and the Cudi track aside, this is great more or less all the way through isn't it? Maybe the best straight pop album i've heard this year; let's see if Dua Lipa compares)Ghetto Maria - Straight from the DEC (1996, hat-tip to Yelploaf on the Random old rap you are loving thread; how have i missed these guys till now?)McCoy Tyner - Extensions (1970, likely my fave of his albums. RIP)Katie Pruitt - OurVinyl LiveEdwin Birdsong - s/t (1979, again: going back to things that make me happy and this is bulletproof)
SinglesSimmy and Sino Msolo - Ngihamba NaweOgranya and Efya - Wicked SomebodySauti Sol - SuzannaChristopher Martin (NOT Chris Martin) and Busy Signal - WhyJason Isbell and 400 Unit - Only Children (really looking forward to this album)Run the Jewels - Ooh LA LAHailu Mergia - Yene MirchaBTS - ONBody Count - No Remorse, Bum Rush (still got it)2Baba and Wizkid - OpoPabllo Viattar and Thalia - TimidaRose Royce - Love Don't Live Here Anymore (1978, somehow never heard this before!)Evan Olson - So Much Better (1999, podcasts suck and this one kinda did too but i skipped to the end and liked the song!)RAMP - Daylight (1977, repeated listening helps the crazy)Jada Kingdom - Heavy!Chronixx - Dela MoveJASSS - Turbo OléHayley Williams - Simmer (Caroline Polachek Remix) (This one grew on me!)Mr JazziQ - Blue SkiesZug - FantasiaDon Toliver, Kaash Paige, Travis Scott - EuphoriaPantha du Prince - Supernova Space Time DriftJusca X Plee, Zing Master(!!?!?) and Mabozza - Empa NnaStussko - Spacefunk
On DeckDua Lipa - Future NostalgiaDaniel Avery and Alessandro Cortini - Illusion of TimeNicola Cruz - Fuego Nuevo (two behind now!)Hailu Mergia - Yene MirchaIrreversible Entanglements - Who Sent You?Tony Allen and Hugh Masekela - RejoiceAdrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Jazz is Dead 001Move D and Benjamin Bruun - Let's Call It a DayJah9 - Note To SelfWilliam Tyler - Music from First CowBlanck Mass - Calm with Horses OSTFour Tet - Sixteen OceansShabaka and the Ancestors - We Are Sent Here By HistoryChristine and the Queens - La Vita NuovaLil Uzi Vert - Eternal AtakeMegan Thee Stallion - SugaClaudio x Kenza - Circle of Life
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 31 March 2020 19:49 (four years ago) link
My first quarter top ten 2020 albums would likely be:
Gil Scott Heron and Makaya McCraven - We're New Again The Westerlies - Wherein Lies the GoodAlabaster DePlume - To Cy and Lee: Instrumentals v. 1 Katie Pruitt - Expectations Brandy Clark - Your Life is a RecordAaron Diehl - The VagabondSelena Gomez - RareK Michelle - All Monsters Are HumanEris Drew - Fluids of EmotionKat Edmonson - Dreamers Do
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 31 March 2020 20:01 (four years ago) link
some q1 favs
traxxphoebe bridgers - garden songcaribou - never come backplu2o nash - live at the roxy ft. lucki and dregoandy shauf - living roomlil tjay - 20/20empty country - mariansix organs of admittance - two forms movingshootergang kony - junglelil uzi vert - no auto ft. lil durkperfume genius - on the floorskilla baby - carmelo bryant ft. sada babysada baby - aktivatedraveena - headachesfrances quinlan - your replybonny light horseman - bonny light horsemanyves tumor - kerosene!king von - took her to the okiko dinucci - gababob dylan - murder most fouljason isbell - only childrenblake mills - vanishing twinbullion - hula
albumsempty country - empty countryr.a.p. ferreira - purple moonlight pageskassa overall - i think i'm goodratboys - printer's devilbluebucksclan - clan way 2boldy james - the price of tea in chinakey glock - yellow tapechubby and the gang - speed killsandras - joyfulobangjayar - which way is forward?destroyer - have we met j hus - big conspiracy
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 21:09 (four years ago) link
oh and
pg ra x jetsonmade - keeping time
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 21:10 (four years ago) link
^^ a track
The Garden - Kiss My Super Bowl Ring
― o. nate, Friday, 3 April 2020 01:25 (four years ago) link
my ten favourite albums so far, I think:
Bad Bunny • YHLQMDLGClaudio x Kenza • Circle of LifeDe Mogul SA • LessonsDon Toliver • Heaven or HellDua Lipa • Future NostalgiaJ Hus • Big ConspiracyKabza De Small & DJ Maphorisa • Scorpion Kings LiveMhaw Keys • The Outcast EPMr JazziQ & JazziDisciples • 0303Shuffle Muzik • Stimela
Honourable mention - from (late) last year, but it just keeps on giving: Fireboy DML • Laughter, Tears & Goosebumps
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 3 April 2020 20:15 (four years ago) link
Chronixx - Dela MovePrince Kaybee, Shimza, Black Motion & Ami Faku - Uwrongo
This two are sounding great and going straight into my favorite songs of the year. Thanks for the recommendations.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 6 April 2020 06:41 (four years ago) link
These*
Top 10 albums as of now
GezanSLIFTStabscotchMamaleekYves TumorSexoresAktorMelt Yourself DownHeliocentricsStephen Malkmus
― doktor forstus (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 26 April 2020 01:54 (four years ago) link
I posted my metal and classical favourites to their respective threads. Here are the stragglers:
Gallery S – Gallery SLEYA – Flood DreamLina & Raül Refree – Lina & Raül RefreeNicolas Jaar – Cenizas
― pomenitul, Sunday, 26 April 2020 17:42 (four years ago) link
Not a good month for listening for me but two fave singles this month that should last me to the end of the year:
Worlasi "Skreentime" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEI0U55rM-I
Victoria Monet "Dive"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2r5_J0Y69M
April AlbumsLeebada - The Ocean (2019)PG RA - Blowing Candles (2019)Sepehr - ShaytoonHame DJ - SandtraxSelena Gomez - Rare Deluxe (extra tracks all excellent!)Matthew Halsall - OnenessClarice Jensen - the experience of repetition as death (a little too on the nose to really enjoy but it's of the moment) Hodge - Shadows in BlueIlana Bryne - Low Earth OrbitSoela - Genuine SilkGabriel Garzon-Montano - Bishouné: Alma del Huila InstrumentalsHailu Mergia - Yene Mircha
April SinglesRayvanny and Dulla Makabila - Miss BuzaPG RA - Made It, Keeping Time, Little StepperDONGKIZ - LUPINLeebada - Empty Room, This Game, Night DreamCeleste - Stop This FlameCaylee Hammack - Small Time HypocriteBENEE with "Gus Dapperton" (fucking hell) - SupalonelyMobi Dixon, NaakMusiQ, Nichume, Blomzit Avenue - CamaguITZY - WANNABEPark Woo Jin and AB6IX - COLOR EYEPrincess Nokia - Green Eggs and HamLianne La Havas - BittersweetEbenezer - Flaws and All (i categorically hate the Negging / Drakeification of R&B but this is pretty good nonetheless)Cookie Kawaii - Vibe 1, 2, 3 (late to the party but this is dope)EARL and MAXO - Whole WorldJason Isbell - What've I Done to HelpIlana Bryne - Dub Box MedicineKelly Rowland - CoffeeOxlade - AWAY
way too much on deck to even list. Gotta get better at being open to it, maybe sunlight and bleach will clear up the passageways.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 30 April 2020 19:36 (four years ago) link
My fave albums this quarter would prob rank as
1. WESTSIDE GUNN - Pray For Paris2. CS & KREME - Snoopy3. JULIEN BEILLARD - Dream In Leather4. PRINCE NIFTY - We're Not In Kansas Any More5. OCRILIM - Plvence Abrost R Msitloun
― call mr zbow that's my name that name again is mr zbow (Craig D.), Thursday, 30 April 2020 20:07 (four years ago) link
Here's where I'm at for albums so far:
Birth - Almost NeverJeff Parker - Suite for Max BrownMoses Sumney - grae pt I (and presumably part II)Alabaster dePlume - To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals vol. 1Dane Law - Algorithmic Music for Synthesized Strings DJ Delish - KV5: Stearn Learn EPBeatrice Dillon - WorkaroundThe Necks - ThreeK-Lone - Cape CiraBlake Mills - Mutable Set
With separate categories for, like, best compilations and vault dumps released due to pandemic. And ton of electronic bangers (mostly from comps) that I haven't really been keeping track of.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 13 May 2020 20:18 (four years ago) link
Lido Pimienta - Miss ColombiaAndrea - RitornoChristine and the Queens - La Vita NouvaLyra Pramuk - FountainNicolas Jaar - CenizasLaurine Frost - LENARejoicer - Spiritual SleezeTom Misch & Yussef Dayes - What Kinda MusicI Break Horses - WarningsShaytoon - Sepehr
Here's 10 records that have really captivated me this year so far in rough order. Omitted some others that I'm still digesting and have already received a lot of attention here. The Lido Pimienta is probably my favorite pop record of the year so far - possibly my favorite record. Ritorno is the best electronic record of the year so far, though Lyra and Nico are really right behind it if not tied.
― octobeard, Wednesday, 13 May 2020 21:00 (four years ago) link
I went with these.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 16 May 2020 17:15 (four years ago) link
Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin kynsi deserves some love
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Saturday, 16 May 2020 17:30 (four years ago) link
Best singles imo
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 22 May 2020 01:47 (four years ago) link
Updating this continues to give me some sense of forward motion and control but my god, it's tenuous.Asterisks note best of the month/year material of which there was a lot. Good May for music and a bad May for simply being.
May Albums*Soela – Genuine Silk*Hayley Williams – Petals for Armor (Complete)*Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Reunions*Owen Pallett – Island*Steve Earle – Ghosts of West Virginia*Dua Lipa – Future NostalgiaRyuichi Sakamoto – My TYRANO OSTRobert Glasper – Fuck Yo FeelingsKehani – It Was Good Until It Wasn’tserpentwithfeet – Apparation EPMoses Boyd – Dark MatterBored Lord – Cybernetic Romance EP / Transexual Rave Hymns (2019)E-40 – Curb Commentator Channel 1 EPIkonika – BodiesMagnetic Fields – QuickiesYoung MA – Red FluPsyflo (Intyce and Dawn Richard) – RisqueJim White and Marisa Anderson – The QuickeningEmily Bate – The Fever in the Feats (2008) <- This is real good!Böhm – Beach Life EPFreddie Gibbs / Alchemist – AlfredoIlana Bryne – Strange Adventure EPOwen Pallett – Spaceship Earth OSTAhmad Jamal – Jamal at the Penthouse
May Singles*Megan Thee Stallion / Beyonce – Savage Remix*Vybz Kartel / Teejay – Uptop Gaza*Stella Jang – Villain*Orquestra Akokan – 4 de Octubre (can’t wait for the new album)*Hayley Williams – Taken *E-40 / B-Legit – Smellin Like a Brick*Azana – Your Love*Phoebe Bridgers – I See You*HAIM – Don’t Wanna, I Know Alone – This is gonna be a great albumMAX and Hayley Kiyoko – Missed CallsLiving in a Ghost Town – Rolling StonesYG – Laugh Now Kry LaterYelle – Je t’aime encoreDaBaby – Find My WayBrandy / Chance - Baby Mama serpentwithfeet – A CommaNoun (Daniel Avery/Roman Flügel) – Meeting of the Minds / Team SilentCrystal Tea – There ThereAsquith – Rave Til DawnTerri – OjoroKehlani – F&MU, ToxicTeejay – Guard RingBored Lord – Girl U Could Be Down 4Rhye – BeautifulNSG – PorscheReniss – CommandoBIBI – KAZINORo James/Miguel – Too MuchJuls / Aymos – TembisaIkonika – Your BodyMagnetic Fields – Castles of America, The Day the Politicians DiedJason Isbell – It Gets Easier, Running with Our Eyes Closed, OverseasCanzoniere Grecanico – We’re All in the Same DanceLee Fields – Thinking About You100 gecs – Stupid Horse RemixSamora Pinderhughes – Kill WarThe Natives / BJ The Chicago Kid – 1 StepAzealia Banks – 1-800-Nu-ChecksHAAi - 6666Daniel Caesar – Made to Fall in LoveNeue Grafik – Organic FoodMND - RevolutionPatrick Holland – Reality PictureAdekunle Gold - JoreSithelo / Skyewanda – ForeverYutie Lee / Oceanic – Flower Protocol (Oceanic Remix)Disclosure – ENERGYMary J Blige – Can’t Be LifeShy Girls – DrainIlana Bryne – I Used to Love THEMEwan Jansen – TwinpoleLittle Big Town – Wine, Beer, Whiskey (this is as close as I have to a guilty pleasure listen)Migos – Taco Tuesday (well, this one too)Cina Soul - AdukweiSun-El and Msaki – Ubomi AbumangaNe Yo / Jeremih – U 2 LuvOne More Time – New Cool Collective with Tony AllenGabriel Garzon Montano – SomeoneRun the Jewels – ooh la laAb Soul – Dangerookipawaa FreestylePavy/SPKR/Rolodex/Vic Spencer – 96 KempCina Soul – AdukwieAfirquoi – Acid AttackProject Pablo – Night Shift, It’s Not the DreamDua Lipa – Break My Heart, Hallucinate, Cool, Don’t Start Now, Future NostalgiaReedale Risse – Barbary CoastElisapie – ArnaqBusy Signal – Baby DanceBicep – AtlasMihai Pol - Wassup
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 1 June 2020 21:02 (three years ago) link
Mac Miller- circles Owen Pallet- IslandA Girl Called Eddy- Been Around
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Wednesday, 24 June 2020 01:43 (three years ago) link
Fuck is it July already? What a trainwreck.
Here's June, with *'d material for shortlisting:
Albums* Run the Jewels - RTJ4* Osunlade - Basic Sketches for Beginners* Soccer 96 with Alabaster dePlume - Tactics* Paddy Steer - Tango Western March* Yo Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile - Not Our First Goat Rodeo* Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher* Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure?Clubroot - Surface Tension: IIDJ Maphorisa - Scorpion Kings LiveDolly Parton - Release Me (compilation of her early teenage sides; she was really something right out the gate)Sepultura - Roots (1996)TP Orchestre Poly-Rythmo - Echos Hypnotiques II (2009 reissue)Karenn - Grapefruit RegretNew Cool Collective with Tony Allen - Trippin' ReduxPenny Penny - Shaka Bundu (2013)Patrick Holland - Reality PictureSuper Diamond - Jigeenu Ndakaru (2009)Ewan Jansen - IILE 03Kamasi Washington - Becoming OSTColin Stetson - Barkskins OSTSón Tùng M-TP - Sky Tour OSTRoy Ayers, Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Jazz Is Dead 002
Tracks* Johnniqua Charles, iMarkkeys, Suede the Remix God - Lose Yo Job* Osunlade - Auto Machine, Landfill* Thee Sacred Souls - Give Us Justice, Weak for Your Love* Azana - Uthando Lwangempela, Ngize Ngifike w/Sun-El (this album is gonna fucking rule)* Semi Tee, Kammu Dee, Njelic - Stayla* Christine and the Queens - I Disappear in Your Arms* Soccer 96 with Alabaster DePlume - I Was Gonna Fight Fascism* Lil Baby - The Bigger Picture* Dixie Chicks - March March, Gaslighter, Julianna Calm Down* Jessie Ware - Spotlight, Ooh La La, Soul Control* Ayanis and Queen Naija - Lil Boi (Big Talk)Yung L and Wizkid - Eve Bounce RemixToots and the Maytals - Got to Be Tough (the god endures)Adekunle Gold - Something DifferentSUZANNE - Do Not Fear HeartbreakPublic Enemy with DJ Premier - State of the Union STFUAnderson .Paak - Lock DownClifford Hurvich, Brandee Younger et al - Cure the WorldAlkaline and Black Shadow - Gladdest NightBusy Signal - Jamaica Jamaica E-40 - Give Me 6Charli XCX - c2.0, foreverMarc Rebillet - I'm a Flamingo Live ("but FIRST YOUR SISTER")AJ Tracey with Mostack - Dinner GuestTion Wayne, Dutchavelli, Stormzy - I DunnoWillie Nelson - We Are the CowboysHER - I Can't BreatheTHEY - Count Me InJorja Smith - Rose RougeSky Joose - Garage BunniesDJ Big Sky - KhushukhushuMahalia - Plastic PlantsRema - Ginger MeOwen Pallett - River ManLlusion - When You Feel Like a Savage Playing Animal CrossingMeyhem Lauren - Root of EvilRobyn - Honey (Avalon Emerson's Deep Current Remix)Armand Hammer, Pink Siifu - Bitter CassavaDeem Spencer and SkitzoLuvHartD - No GoodKarenn - Crush the MushroomsCarly Pearce - Cowboy Take Me AwayCeraadi - Secure the BagPopcaan - BuzzEwa Justka - Mindless CyclesBibio - Oakmoss (gotta listen to this album)Vybz Kartel - About UsFatoumata Diawara - Nterini, Sparrow and Barbossa RemixChronixx and Kabaka Pyramid - Same PrayerJ Cole - Snow on tha BluffRyu Su Jeong - Tiger EyesManny Norté, 6LACK, Rema, Tion Wayne, Love Renaissance - 4AMTeyana Taylor and Iman - Wake Up LoveWande Coal - AgainAnnie - American CarsClap! Clap! - Liquid PortraitsBad Boy Timz - MJPhilkeys, The Gifted - Rhythm nd BassSkip Marley and HER - Slow DownOrbital - Mystical RaverKaygee DaKing, Bizizi - Sendi LocationYameen and Georgia Anne Muldrow - Blue SkiesJyoti and Georgia Anne Muldrow - Cowrie WaltzPting - BooNathan Micay - Blue Spring (2019)Arthur - Kaffir, Maestro Mix (1995)Momoland - Tiki TakaPatrick Holland - Soaked, Reality PictureREDSQUARE - ColorFullYo Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile - Scarcely Cricket, Voila!, 757 mlDJ Maphorisa and everyone - Play Your Part (Africa Unite)Shamir - On My OwnKoreatown Oddity - Weed in LAJamael Dean - People of the MoonEwan Jansen - The BlackhawksPhoebe Bridgers - ICU, Halloween, Moon Song, I Know the EndIron Wigs - Problematic, Bally Animals and Rugbys
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 29 June 2020 17:13 (three years ago) link
Q2 top albums would be:* Run the Jewels - RTJ4* Osunlade - Basic Sketches for Beginners* Soccer 96 with Alabaster dePlume - Tactics* Paddy Steer - Tango Western March* Yo Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile - Not Our First Goat Rodeo* Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher* Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure?* Soela – Genuine Silk* Hayley Williams – Petals for Armor (Complete)* Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Reunions* Owen Pallett – Island* Steve Earle – Ghosts of West Virginia* Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia* Hailu Mergia - Yene Mircha
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 29 June 2020 17:33 (three years ago) link
Despite everything, this is turning into an amazing year for records. These are probably my top faves rn, leaving out some things that I listened to a ton for a short period (like Blake Mills, Four Tet, etc)
Jeff Parker - Suite for Max BrownMoses Sumney - Grae I & IIDane Law - Algorithmic Music for Synthesized StringsBeatrice Dillon - WorkaroundDJ Delish - KV5: Stearn Learn EPThe Necks - ThreeK-Lone - Cape CiraCocktail Party Effect - s/tCleo Sol - Rose in the DarkSault - Untitled (Black Is)John Zorn - VirtueShabaka & the Ancestors - We Are Sent Here by History
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 29 June 2020 19:04 (three years ago) link
Sault, Shabaka and Moses are in my "need more time" pile; will check the rest of yer list out
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 29 June 2020 19:12 (three years ago) link
Cool! I'm checking out that Osunlade now (and then diving into the new Arca).
Oh and obviously the Alabaster dePlume album is on my list, I need to check out that Soccer96 one too.
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 29 June 2020 20:15 (three years ago) link
Big big fan of all the releases Nídia has out on the Príncipe label this year, but especially her full-length, Não Fales Nela Que A Mentes
― handsome boy modelling software (bernard snowy), Monday, 29 June 2020 21:18 (three years ago) link
hey forks, good to see some of my choices resonate :-) will investigate your list further.what’s the deal with the Son Tùng M-TP album? I love some of his songs (“Lac Trôi”!!!) Is he especially good live? Did you see the movie?
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 30 June 2020 11:46 (three years ago) link
Wow that Soccer96 EP is really fun, didn't expect it to go full post-punk/DFA.
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 30 June 2020 14:45 (three years ago) link
yeah, "i was gonna fight fascism" is a single of the year contender for me i think
Breastcrawl, you are among my fave DJs for sure. RE: Son Tung, I'm at a point where I listen to anything he releases; he and his production is consistently strong (Lac Troi is a bombshell but Chay Ngay Di and Chung Ta Khong Thuoc Ve Nhau are also bangers). Sky Tour is just a live set from his concert film but it's pretty strong throughout. Don't remember if I found him on ILX or not...?
[apologies for lack of proper accent marks for ST M-TP]
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 30 June 2020 15:06 (three years ago) link
forks, you don't dig the Lila Iké EP? no hard feelings if so, just seemed like something you might like
― rob, Tuesday, 30 June 2020 16:04 (three years ago) link
i didn't get to it yet! will report back.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 30 June 2020 16:08 (three years ago) link
current on deck playlist is Jessie Ware (maybe four more plays and I can shelf this), select Pure Moods tracks, new K-Pop/Afro thread recommends, Lila Ike (now), HAIM, David Lang, Bibio, IDK, Hum, Pottery, last week's Discovery recommends
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 30 June 2020 16:10 (three years ago) link
The Lila Iké is awesome. I might yet start a thread for her.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 30 June 2020 16:14 (three years ago) link
Jordan that K-Lone album is lovely isn’t it?
― Tim F, Tuesday, 30 June 2020 20:38 (three years ago) link
It is! I like the follow-up EP too. Good for the present moment.
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 30 June 2020 20:38 (three years ago) link
Q1+Q2 favourite LPs and EPs. These are in roughly chronological order of release.
LPsPoppy - I DisagreeKatie Gately - LoomKeith Seatman - Time To Dream But Never SeenThe Emperor Machine - Music Not SafariDua Lipa - Future NostalgiaBrandy Clark - Your Life Is A RecordPlone - PuzzlewoodDempagumi.Inc - Aiga Chikyu Sukuunsa! Datte Dempagumi.Inc Ha Family DeshoFiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt CuttersVarious - Intermission (Ghost Box)Various - The Isolation Tapes (Castles in Space)Cavern of Anti-Matter - In FabricMelodien - Apeiron SAULT - Untitled (Black Is)Jessie Ware - What’s Your Pleasure?
EPsVarious - The Sunday Experience EP (Polytechnic Youth)Flamingo Pier - IndigoGilroy Mere - Over the TracksFear-E - Grey Skies In A Dear Green PlaceApta - HomeIntyce & Dawn Richard - Psyflo | RisquéHayley Williams - Petals For Armor IIIMaps - EP2.Colours.Remixed.Time.Loss
― Jeff W, Sunday, 5 July 2020 13:04 (three years ago) link
And I've started a new Spotify playlist for the second half of 2020:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1qrVPKXlZwbRmJp9IQskiu?si=vazzt-9uT-GfZoR15fEkRw
― Jeff W, Sunday, 5 July 2020 13:05 (three years ago) link
I shamefully forgot for a while that the Meredith Monk / Bang on a Can album Memory Game is totally amazing.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 8 July 2020 05:29 (three years ago) link
Rough top 10 albums would be:
Jessie WareDua LipaCharli XCXParisalexaHAIMChloe x HalleMagdalena BayLaura MarlingMoses SumneyOkay Kaya
Songs? Chris' "La vita nuova", Róisín's "Murphy's Law", "Experience" by Victoria Monet & ors, Ngaiire's "BOOM" and Coy's "Promises", plus various tracks from the albums listed above. My rolling playlist is here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/186l1llI0xtBi8jbtz6478
― monotony, Wednesday, 8 July 2020 06:58 (three years ago) link
monotony you should be on the janet thread
― Tim F, Wednesday, 8 July 2020 08:22 (three years ago) link
I’ve been following along loosely and intend to vote! Don’t have much to say yet other than “I hope people don’t forget to vote for “Go Deep””, but more may come to me when I give everything a full re-listen
― monotony, Wednesday, 8 July 2020 08:32 (three years ago) link
Albums:
Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure? Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt CuttersOwen Pallett - IslandPhoebe Bridgers - Punisher Hayley Williams - Petals for ArmorKate NV - Room for the Moon Rina Sawayama - SAWAYAMAMoodymann - Taken AwayChristine and the Queens - La vita nuova EPGesu No Kiwame Otome - Streaming, CD, RecordOkkyung Lee - Yeo-NeunLEYA - Flood DreamAuscultation - IIIDua Lipa - Future NostalgiaAlgiers - There Is No YearThe Soft Pink Truth - Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase?Hiroshi Yoshimura - Green tricot - Makkuro Jeff Rosenstock - NO DREAMGrimes - Miss AnthropocenePoppy - I Disagree
rolling tracks here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6EAMyvdgkglRVWTEID7s3N?si=VkgssMJETkCbFu7s9KHE2Q
― Roz, Saturday, 11 July 2020 05:25 (three years ago) link
^^^ similar enough to my own list that I now need to check out everything I haven’t heard
Also wow with everything that has happened in the meantime I totally forgot that the Algiers album was even this year.
― Tim F, Saturday, 11 July 2020 08:20 (three years ago) link
the yoshimura album is actually a reissue and shouldn't be there - i just copied and pasted that from my personal 2020 list and forgot to take it out. but it's great! hadn't heard it before.
― Roz, Saturday, 11 July 2020 08:29 (three years ago) link
Five trax/five albums I've been into recently
Javiera Mena - Corazón AstralThe Beths - Dying to BelieveGilbert Cohen & Ariel Kalma - Des Câlins, Des PingouinsKelsey Lu - Morning DewMoses Boyd ft. Poppy Ajudha - Shades of You
Rina Sawayama - SAWAYAMAJessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure?Molero - Ficciones Del TrópicoHAIM - Women in Music Pt IIIVarious Artists - For the Love Of You
― seandalai, Saturday, 11 July 2020 17:27 (three years ago) link
i'm not very good at describing music but the slum of legs record is post-punky and surprisingly catchy and i dig the violin
― mookieproof, Saturday, 1 August 2020 01:23 (three years ago) link
I've only spun it for 24 hours, but I feel pretty safe in saying Makaya McCraven's Universal Beings E&F Sides is gonna be a fave of the year. Otherwise, here's July; "best of the year" considerations with asterisks.
Albums:* Lonnie Holley - National Freedom* HAIM - Women In Music Part III* Azana - Ingoma* Christine and the Queens - La vita nuovaTerrace Martin, Robert Glasper, Kamasi Washington, 9th Wonder - Dinner PartyNihiloxica - Kaloliv/a - Pure Moods (1994)Hitoshi Sakimoto, Masaharu Iwata - Final Fantasy Tactics OST (1997) Emahoy Tsegué-Mayram Guébrou - Ethiopiques v21: Solo Pianov/a - Hildegard Competition Winners v1Lila Iké - The Experience (thanks Rob! The production is a bit hit and miss but her voice and the songwriting is killer)Derek Carr - Warm Machines (2020), Reset (2019), Pioneers (2018)Willie Nelson - First Rose of SpringNico Stojan - Cardano
Singles:*Hwa Sa - Maria*Nihiloxica - Black Kaveera*Emma O'Halloran and the Refugee Orchestra - ConstellationsK Camp - LotteryStray Kids - EasyTerrace Martin, Robert Glasper, Kamasi Washington, 9th Wonder - First RespondersRodion - ProcessareBLACKPINK - How You Like Thatsaer - heyoNoname - Song 33SUNMI - pporappippamSound Sultan - OdoMalim - MoonshineSun Tai La, Tulenkey - Aboa TintinProtoje, Lila Ike, Agent Sasco - Not Another WordKareem Ali - Night EchoesLila Iké - Thy WillBeenie Man - ZungguzungguguzungguzengDerek Carr - Spider Droid, Off Grid, Acid Bath, Decaying OrbitPriori - Dreams of a Digital SublimeLonnie Holley - Do T RockerEddy Manda with Marioo - MwendoWillie Nelson - Our Song, We Are the CowboysAzana - Egoli, Goodbye, Lovers and Best Friends, Ngize Ngifike, Umaqondana, Bafazi, Your Love, Sikelela (how fucking good is this album, seriously)HAIM - Up From a Dream, Los Angeles, Man from the Magazine, Don't Wanna, Leaning on YouBeverly Glenn-Copeland - River DreamsMshayi, Mr Thela, T-Man - iPartyLa Chica - Venezuela, La Serpiente, waterfall (psyched for a new album; Cambio was highly underrated imo)RJ the DJ - Huna Baya (with Bill Nas), Acha Nilewe (with Meja Kunta)Buju Banton - BlessedMort Garson - This Is My BelovedLazare Hoche, S.A.M. - The GBBusy Signal - World CrisisAnderson.Paak - LockdownCharlie Puth - Girlfriend
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 1 August 2020 17:25 (three years ago) link
my pleasure! btw, since you singled out "Thy Will," I feel obliged to check that you know The Tamlins Sly+Robbie-produced cover of "Baltimore": https://youtu.be/GOFLMAmrp5M
― rob, Saturday, 1 August 2020 17:31 (three years ago) link
i do now! that's dope.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 1 August 2020 22:50 (three years ago) link
asterisks mean shoo-in, or reservations?
― Ariana Grindr (rip van wanko), Saturday, 1 August 2020 23:42 (three years ago) link
They sure feel like shoo-ins now! I'm trying to mark my tops when the passion is high.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 2 August 2020 01:16 (three years ago) link
Real Estate - The Main ThingDestroyer - Have We MetStephen Malkmus - Traditional Techniques Swamp Dogg - Sorry You Couldn't Make ItGigi Masin - CalypsoThundercat - It Is What It IsRustin Man - ClockdustStabscotch - 7 is a CycleThe Strokes - The New AbnormalDream Syndicate - The Universe InsideGezan - KlueHazey Haze - Is MiseOwen Pallett - IslandDua Lipa - Future NostalgiaRun The Jewels - RTJ4John Carroll Kirby - The GardenFreddie Gibbs/The Alchemist - AlfredoSoccer Mommy - Color TheoryRVG - FeralKhruangbin - MordechaiHaim - Women in rock pt. IIISofie - Cult SurvivorTOPS - I Feel AliveJessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure? Nathan Fake - Blizzards
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Sunday, 2 August 2020 01:58 (three years ago) link
Basically haven't been able to stop listening to MAITA's 'Best Wishes' for a month.
Except for when I was listening to Jessie Ware.
Albums #1 and #2 of the year in some order.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 2 August 2020 04:27 (three years ago) link
top 5 albums as of... right now: Yves Tumor, Moses Sumney, Pantayo, Waxahatchee, Black Dresses
― geoffreyess, Tuesday, 4 August 2020 03:31 (three years ago) link
August was a pretty great listening month; lots of killer summer singles and several remarkable and memorable albums."Best of the year" considerations with asterisks.
Albums:* Makaya McCraven - Universal Beings: E & F Sides* Miyamoto is Black Enough - Burn/Build* Burna Boy - Twice as Tall* Roomful of Teeth - The AscendantGelsey Bell - Cairns: https://gelseybell.bandcamp.com/album/cairnsNathan Fake - BlizzardsMungo's H-Fi - Soul RadioCaylee Hammack - If It Wasn't for YouChristine and the Queens - La vita nuova RemixesSam Weis - Paradox (2012)Roman Flügel - Acid Test45 Roller and Shy FX - Rain/OutrunSei A - Kinetic ActionWendy Carlos - Switched on Bach (1968)Chris Thile - Bach: Sonatas and Partitas v.1 (2013)Robert Wyatt - Nothing Can Stop Us (1982)Sandy Nassan - Just Guitar (1970): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bShsZvjWOQDorothy Ashby - Afro-Harping (1968)Kolinda - 1 (1976)
Tracks:* Govana and Aidonia - Yeah Man* Beverly Glenn-Copeland - La Vita* Wizkid and DJ Tunez - Cool Me Down* Roomful of Teeth - No. 5, Are We Death* Sansibar - Glide Till Dawn* Jasiah - Crisis* Headie One, AJ Tracey, Stormzy - Ain't It DifferentFloorplan - The Struggle, Save the ChildrenBrandy - Saving All My Love, Rather Be, High Heels (still need to dig in deep on this)Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion - WAPSG Lewis, Robyn, Channel Tres - ImpactE-40 - GoopJhené Aiko - Summer 2020Black Thought, Pusha T, Killa Mike, Swizz Beatz - Good MorningChloe x Halle - Do It, Ungodly HourGovana - Likkle Bit a MoneyGiveon - Untitled (How Does It Feel)Jazmine Sullivan - Lost OneFireboy DML and Reminisce - OgaranyaMort Garson - Dragonfly(!)Fredfades and Jawn Rice - Luv Neva FadesSkinshape and D'Alma - Sua AlmaRoomful of Teeth - Just ConstellationsTrance Wax, Ejeca - LifelineLecrae - Over the TopNas - Ultra BlackRock Abruham and Quelle Chris - HeelProtoje and Popcaan - Like RoyaltyCiara and Ester Dean - RootedBurna Boy - Wetin Dey Sup, No Fit Vex, Naughty By Nature, Onyeka, Bebo, Level UpThe Mountain Goats - As Many Candles as PossibleSlum of Legs - Benetint and Malevolence, Slum of LegsAaliyah - One In a Million (Giegling Remix)Aubrey Qwana - Ngaqonywa (DJ Tira Remix), Molo, Ngakwenzani (with Emtee)Tommy Vicari Jr - MarisaAJR and Hayley Kiyoko - Bang! (AhhHaa Remix)Sei A - FoundationPearson Sound - Mi CuerpoTkay Maidza - GrasshopperS1mba and DTG - RoverBusy Signal and Riff Raff (no not him) - Turn Up the SoundPinkFantasy - Shadow PlayFocalistic, DJ Maphorisa, Kabza de Small - Ke BusyPayroll Giovanni - It's AroundReniss - Nyama NyamaVico da sporo with Sandile - Luthando, Umuhle ntombiMikkel Metal - Untitled (Vainqueur Remix)Tobe Nwigwe - I NEED YOU TOPrince - I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man (1979 Demo), Cosmic Day, Witness 4 the Prosecution (version 2)Caylee Hammack - Looking for a Lighter, RedheadThe Tamlins - BaltmoreJamila Woods - SULA (paperback)Fantastic Negrito and E-40 - Searching for Captain Save a HoeMAITA - Pay to Play
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 1 September 2020 17:38 (three years ago) link
The Tamlins - Baltimore is not a 2020 track is it?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 1 September 2020 18:37 (three years ago) link
Not at all. There’s a few non 2020 singles sprinkled in there but I tend not to include unless they dominated a days listening
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 1 September 2020 19:20 (three years ago) link
please correct me if I’m wrong but I think forks might haven gotten to this version of “Baltimore” through Lila Iké’s use of it in her “Thy Will”.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 1 September 2020 19:28 (three years ago) link
Scroll up :)
― rob, Tuesday, 1 September 2020 20:46 (three years ago) link
ah oui
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 1 September 2020 20:48 (three years ago) link
si
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 1 September 2020 23:48 (three years ago) link
My top 10 albums of the year so far would be:
SaultCleo SolYves JarvisFiona AppleHaimHelena Deland (This one not out yet but based on past eps and the songs released so far I’ll love it)Jessie WareKelly Lee OwensTiwa SavageWesterman
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 30 September 2020 13:57 (three years ago) link
good list moka, the yves jarvis, tiwa, and fiona albums are likely to make my list too
― i got a homogenic björk wine farmer permabanned (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 30 September 2020 14:10 (three years ago) link
also dig the westerman album, need to revisit
I'm digging the Lydia Loveless album
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Wednesday, 30 September 2020 14:58 (three years ago) link
Westerman album is quietly turning into my favourite of the year so far
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 30 September 2020 19:53 (three years ago) link
My top 10 would be (EPs included):Nubya Garcia - SourceExquisite Corpse - ∀∃Jo Johnson & Hilary Robinson - Antenna EchoesPark Hye Jin - How Can IMoses Boyd - Dark MatterMieko Shimizu - I BloomDeena Abdelwahed - DhakarTienhaara - Tienhaara EPThe Yazz Ahmed Quintet - When We Were Livev/a - No Justice No Peace
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 30 September 2020 21:42 (three years ago) link
Howard Riley - More Listening, More HearingSara Serpa - RecognitionJasmine Infiniti - BXTCH SLÄP Christopher Icasiano - ProvincesEric revis - Slipknots Through a Looking GlassJulia Reidy - Vanish
― calzino, Wednesday, 30 September 2020 21:51 (three years ago) link
End of the 3rd quarter of an abysmal year for life but a great one for music. I spent a healthy week or two of September chasing singles by billboard artists and radio pop ingenues i didn't know and ILX recommendations, all with mixed results. That distracted me from digging too deeply into several excellent albums, most notably the Sign of the Times reissue. I'm working on it."Best of the year" considerations with asterisks.
Albums:* DJ Slyngshot - Workshop 29* Brandy - B7* SAULT - Untitled (Black Is) (late pass; surprisingly fully realized for so much output!)* Tyler Childers - Long Violent History* William Tyler - New Vanitas (such a nice vibe)Matmos - The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form (there's a lot here and I haven't gotten through all of it but I like literally every track I've played)Tiwa Savage - Celia (squint at this and you might think it was a Dawn Richard album; I need to listen a bit more before I crown it but goddamn it's very very good)Lianne LaHavas - s/tJyoti - Mama, You Can Bet!Disclosure - ENERGY (need more time)Mungo's Hi-Fi with Marina P - Soul RadioParker Ramsey - Bach's Goldberg Variations (Arranged for Harp)Suzanne Ciani - A Sonic Womb (Live at Lapsus)Michi Wiancko - Planetary CandidateLaksa - Sen on OneThelonious Monk - Live at Palo Alto High SchoolKarenn - Music Sounds Better with Shoev/a - Blue Note Re:Imagined
Tracks:* Dizzee Rascal with Chip - L.L.L.L.* Aya Nakamura - Jolie Nana* Mort Garson - Ode to an African Violet (Alternate Take... what a treasured switch up on one of my favorite songs of his!)Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Deep River (Live), Colour of Anyhow (Live), Ever NowMiley Cyrus - Midnight Sky (this is fucking good!)Morgan Wallen - 7 SummersMegan Thee Stallion and NWA - Girls in the HoodSAULT - WildfiresOwen Pallett - River ManRian Treanor - Hypnic JerksBlack Thought, Pusha T, Swizz Beats and Killer Mike - Good MorningTom Petty - Confusion WheelTravis Scott, Young Thug, MIA - FranchiseDaBaby - BLIND (with Young Thug), Rockstar (with Roddy Ricch)Pop Smoke - Got It On Me, For the Night (with DaBaby and Lil Baby), The Woo (with Roddy Ricch and 50 Cent)Robert Glasper with Meshell Ndegeocello and HER - Better Than I ImaginedBrandy - BorderlineHER - Do To MeXUM - DDALALADarey and Patoranking - JojoAshley McBride - One Night StandardsStray Kids - Back DoorMaddie and Tae - Die from a Broken HeartTaylor Swift - Betty, cardiganBillie Eilish - my futureMichael Jackson - Human Nature (Makoto and Specialist Remix)Polo G - Martin and GinaMigos and Youngboy NBA - Need ItDon Toliver - After PartyCracker Mallo - Do BetterVeeze - Law and OrderKaki King - Forms of Light and DeathBrent Faiyaz - Dead Man WalkingEverglow - LA DI DALil Mosey - Blueberry FaygoYG - Equinox, Out on Bail (this is gonna be a good album)Actress - Walking Flames (with Sampha), Loveless (with Aura T-09) (this is gonna be a good album)DJ Q - Zip ZapShirazee with Busiswa - Right ThangLove Regenerator, Steve Lacy - Live Without Your LoveBeyonce - Black ParadeZephaniah OHora - We Planned to Have It All, Black and BlueDJ Ganyani with Busiswa - XigubuOlamide - EruChung Ha - Bad BoyKatie Pruitt - Look the Other WayJamila Woods - SULA (Hardcover)NSG - MCMPublic Enemy with Nas, Rapsody, Black Thought, YG, Jahi - Fight the Power 2020Boddhi Satva with DJ Maphorisa - ToumbaloJim White - Sum of What We've BeenSamora Pinderhughes, J Hoard, Vuyo Saotashe, et al - Star-Blooded Work Song (perhaps a bit po faced but feels honest to me)Brandy Clark with Brandi Carlile - Same Devil (DEFINITELY po faced but feels honest to me)Red Velvet - Milky WayDJ Slyngshot - Untitled A1, Untitled A2, Untitled B1Carly Pearce - Next GirlLil Tecca with Polo G and Lil Durk - When You DownBoldy James - Brick Van Exel, Monte Cristo, Roxycontin (Need to listen to both full 2020 albums)Sandile with Vico da Sporo - Ndod'mnyamaIndia Shawn with Anderson.Paak - Movin' OnYelle - J'veux un chien, Vue d'en Face, Mon beau chagrinTkay Maidza - PB JamNas - The DefinitionPotatohead People with Posdnous - Baby Got Work (great stuff)Riddim Punks with Chronixx - Sell My GunTune Yards - Nowhere ManBusy Signal - Chip ChopVic Spencer - Seat for OneAG Club with ND Choppa and ASAP Ferg and Crime Mob - Memphis pt 2 (this slaps)Tarrus Riley with Shenseea - LighterJojo - ComebackAri Lennox and Anthony Ramos - If You Want Me to StayMax Julian with Vic Spenser - Atlas Theme MusicSZA and Ty Dolla $ign - Hit DifferentBruce Springsteen - Letter To YouStefflon Don - MoveBryson Tiller - Inhale (very very vaporwave!)Beenie Man - Election Time, Neva EvaVico da Sporo - Inkumbulo (with Forbye)Hudson Mohawke - Hoiarp, SchmurgenIdentified Patient - SecretaryAction Bronson - Golden EyeMthunzi with Simmy - SelimathunziSG Lewis with Robyn and Channel Tres - Impact (Soulwax Remix)Tems - The KeyCall Super - Every Mouth Teeth MissingContours and Yadava - Low SlungDizzee Rascal with Smoke Boys - Act Like You KnowGillian Welch - I Just Want You To Know, Beautiful BoyPrince - Forever in My Life (Vocal Demo), Adonis and Bathsheba, Vagina, Love and Sex, Power Fantastic (Live in Studio), Disclosure - Birthday (with Kehlani and Syd), ENERGY (Clipz Remix), Watch Your Step (with Kelis)Matmos - Warm Opening (with Oneohtrix), Maybeism, Circle of Swords (with clipping.)Oneohtrix Point Never - Long Road HomeFatima Yamaha - Day We MetBusiswa with Kamo Mphela - SBWLGovana - Strike Force, That Mi Like Hear (with XTassi)Dua Lipa - Physical (Mark Ronson Remix)Black Motion with Ami Faku - UleleniTiwa Savage - Glory, Dangerous Love, Temptation (with Sam Smith)Ben Harper with Rhiannon Giddens - Black Eyed DogMungo's Hi-Fi - The Beat Goes Ska (dub version is better), Great Wave AJ Tracey with Mabel - West Ten (this seems kinda trashy but i really like it)Saweetie with Too Short - Tap InChris Stapleton - Starting OverBonobo - HeartbreakVinka - Red CardLucky Daye with Babyface - Shouldadvsn with Ty Dolla and Buju Banton - Dangerous CityTiana Major9 - Think About You (Notion Mix)Koffee with Buju Banton - PressureJAHMED with Freddie Gibbs - Glimpse (Gibbs kills this)Tame Impala - Borderline (Blood Orange Remix)Frisco, Skepta, Jammer, JME, Shorty - Red CardAlicia Keys with Khalid - So DoneLady Leshurr with Busy Signal - QuarantingRV, Kush, Double Z, Bandokay, Lowkey, Dezzie - On Deck RemixRotimi and Wale and Enya - In My BedLonnie Holley - I'm a Suspect (Galcher Lustwerk Remix)Lianne La Havas - Please Don't Make Me Cry, Paper ThinSummer Walker - Eleven (with Khalid), My Affection (though not the parts with partynextdoor)Rhye - HelplessDottz - Electric Slide
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 1 October 2020 03:46 (three years ago) link
I think I will be able to put together a top 100 2020 albums by the end of the year that I can be pretty pleased with but let's keep listening.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 1 October 2020 05:45 (three years ago) link
October roundup. "Best of the year" considerations with asterisks.
Album* Tiwa Savage - Celia (on further listens, this is exemplary)* Theo Bleckmann and the Westerlies - This Land (sounds amazing, out in January)* Lionel Loueke - HH* Tom Petty - Wildflowers and All the RestBeverly Glenn Copeland - TransmissionsBlack Motion - The HealersCharley Crockett - Welcome to Hard Timesclipping. - Visions of Bodies Being BurnedConversion - 1Dizzee Rascal - E3AF (need more listening still)Duval Timothy - Brown LoopMariah Carey - The Rarities (hard to take in big doses but great track by track)Melted Bodies - Enjoy YourselfPearl Jam - MTV Unplugged (1991, haven't listened to this in decades, oh the nostalgia)TI - The LIBRAVic Spencer - Bare Maximum
Tracks* Gwamba and Mlindo the Vocalist - Yaz Abantu* Megan Thee Stallion and Young Thug - Don't Stop* Simmy with Da Capo and Sun-El Musician - EmakhayaActress - Leaves Against the Sky, Angels Pharmacy (slowly breaking open the new album, every track has been good)Ak Dan Gwang Chil - Let's go go! (love love love this band, gotta spin the album)Akae Beka with Chronixx - Black Carbon (DUB SCIENCE)Alfredo92 - HelfandAlicia Keys and Tierra Whack - Me x 7Ami Faku - Ebhayi (EA Wave Remix)Andrew Bird - AndaluciaARASHI - Whenever You CallAriana Grande - positions, 34+35 (will crack the album this week i imagine)Artificial Intelligence - Cold ExpanseBaba Stiltz - Running to Chad (DJ Python Remix)Bakersteez and Iwata - Furda MoreBbyMutha - Scam Likely, Mutha Magick (Muthaland sounds great on a first play)Beenie Man and Moses - No PunchlineBicep - Apricots (really looking forward to the album)Bktherula - MIND FUCK (nice bjork flip)Brandy with Ty Dolla - No Tomorrow, pt 2Busta Rhymes with Kendrick Lamar - Look Over Your ShoulderBusy Signal - Fiery, Juvie Slow Down, Stop ChatCam - Forgetting You (I am skeptical about this album)Chris Stapleton - ArkansasChris Thile and Gaby Moreno - Thank You NY 2020clipping. - Say the Name, 96 Neve Campbell, Check the Lock, Pain Everyday, Looking Like MeatConway the Machine and Freddie Gibbs - Seen Everything but JesusDaniiboo - Drop It n Pop ItD Double E - Tell Me a Ting (remix too), Where Do We Come From?De La Soul, Styles P, Talib Kweli Pharoah Monch, Mysonne, Chuck D - Remove 45Denyque and Shaneil Muir - Same GuyDizzee Rascal - Body Loose, Don't Be Dumb, EastsideDJ Q - All That I Could, It's YouDJ Raff - El RitoDu Lipa and Angèle - FeverDuval Timothy - Ball (most of the new album is great too, minimalist pop piano)E-40 and TI - I Stand On That (would like to pull the Lucas verse)Emili Sande and Stonebwoy and Nana Rogue - More of YouEsteban Gabriel - Piel de SedaFatima Yamaha - We Are DropsFleetwood Mac - Dreams, Never Going Back Again The Chain, You Make Loving Fun, Gold Dust Woman (yeah, tiktok got me and this was a pleasant Rumours excursion)French Montana and Pop Smoke - Double GFlo Milli - May IGhetts and Skepta - IC3 (pretty great)Gillian Welch - Beautiful Boy, Lonesome Just LILke YouGoodie Mob - Frontline, Are You Ready (more the former than the latter)Harry Styles - Adore youHomeboy Sandman - Monument (digging into the album now)Hudson Mohawke - Be Ur Fantasy, HoiarpJalopy Bungus and Quelle Chris - J Cole & NoNameJames Bangura - Bronx MetroJaz Elise with Govana - Fresh and CleanJorja Smith with Popcaan - Come OverJT and Mlindo the Vocalist - NomungathiniK CAMP and Jacquees - What's On Your MindKelly Moran - Helix IIIThe Killers - Dying Breed (not a bad song really)Lee Fields - Two TimerLil Uzi and Oh Wonder - The Way Life GoesLuke Dick and Miranda Lambert - PolyesterMAMAMOO - Dingga (very fun!)Mapara a Jazz with Ntosh Gazi and Colano - John Vuli GateMary J - See What You've DoneMaster KG with Nomcebo Zikode - JerusalemaMelted Bodies - 99 ScentsMoney Man with Lil Baby - 24Morgan Wallen - More Than My HometownMort Garson - Didn't You Hear?, Space Walker (Gotta Crack this Album!)Mother Mother - Oh AnaNarciss - Pop the HoodNas - 27 SummersNilufer Yanya - CrashNobuhle with Sun El Musician - Never NeverNyck Caution with Joey Badass - How You Live ItOneohtrix Point Never - Auto & AlloParris Mitchell with Nina Kraviz - Feel My Butterfly (Dance System and DJ Deeon Remix)Pa Salieu - BettyPayroll Giovanni - What's a PlugPhilip Corner - ChordPhora and Kehlani - Cupid's CursePlutonic Lab with Black Milk - EnemyPreme, Popcaan - Weekend, MURDA (should likely listen to the album)Public Enemy - GRIDQueen Naija - Pack LiteRafiki - What We Want pt 2Rebecca Garton with Jeremih - ComfortableREFUND SISTERS - DON'T TOUCH MERhye - Helpless, Black RainRiff Raff and Yelawolf - Million Dollar Mullet (does what it says on the label)Robert Hood - Nothing Stops Detroit, Ignite a WarRUSH, Jay Nice, Quelle Chris - Kalamata OlivesSeba Kaapstad - I'm Scared, Our PeopleSeeMeNot - Borderline (Roman Flugel Acid Remix)SEVENTEEN - HOME RUNSevyn Streeter - HMUSiete Gang Yabbie - Gift of GabSkillibeng - Mr. UniverseSteam Down - EtceteraStokley and Snoop Dogg - Vibrant (wheeeeee)Stray Kids - ALL INSturgill Simpson - Old King Coal, Life Ain't Fair and the World Is MeanStyles P, Nas, Remy Ma, Dave East, Ghostface - The MeccaSun-El Musician with Julia Church - GardenT9ine and Hotboii - When We BallTeaMarr - Doin It Wrong (DJ iMarkkeyz Remix)Theo Parrish - Hambone Cappuccino, All Your Boys are BitersTI - Hypno, Pardon, Ring, HorizonsTiana Major9 - Same Space?Tierra Whack - Dora (I WANT NICE THINGS)VanJess - High&DryWeki Meki - COOLWhoHeem - Lets LinkWiley - SpeaksWJSN Chocome - Hmph!Xenia Rubinos - Who Shot YaYour Old Droog - Ukraine
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 2 November 2020 16:24 (three years ago) link
Sun-El Musician with Julia Church - Gardenwhat? a new Sun-El track and you didn’t tell anyone?
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Monday, 2 November 2020 16:56 (three years ago) link
i assumed you knew! It's not as good as the other two but it's not badhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K09EbOCfoGU
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 2 November 2020 16:56 (three years ago) link
Siete Gang Yabbie - Gift of Gab
yessssss lol
― glengarry gary beers (voodoo chili), Monday, 2 November 2020 18:04 (three years ago) link
yeah, thanks for that recommendation! NB: if you post something that you like in the rolling genre threads and say "this is good" you can count on me listening to it.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 2 November 2020 18:12 (three years ago) link
NB: if I post something in the rolling genre threads, unless I say “I’m not sure about this one”, you can count on it being good and worth listening to.
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Monday, 2 November 2020 18:24 (three years ago) link
(waiting to collect my first (?) fp’s)
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Monday, 2 November 2020 18:27 (three years ago) link
Really fun month of listening for me, especially for singles. Potential best of the year material noted with an asterisk.
Albums* Ariana Grande - Positions* Dizzee Rascal - E3AF (Upgraded to great on multiple listens)* The Hawtplates - Make Me Down* Simmy - Tugela Fairy (Made of Stars)Actress - Karma & DesireCarolina Eyck - Elephant in GreenDaBaby - My Brother’s KeeperFelbm - Tape 4 (very Haruomi Hosono)Homeboy Sandman - Don’t Feed the MonsterJuana Molina - ANRMAL Live in MexicoLinda Buckley - From Oceans FloorMasego - Studying AbroadMort Garson - Music from Patch Cord ProductionsOmarion - The KinectionProgetto Tribale - Vol 7Victoria Monet - Jaguar
Tracks* Burna Boy - 20 10 20* Busiswa and Mr JazziQ - Makazi ( need to get deeper on the album)* Fatima Yamaha - Unwashed (late pass on the LP, will get there before end of year)* Jazmine Sullivan - Pick Up Your Feelings* Katie Pruitt - Ohio, After the Gold Rush* Morray - Quicksand* Omarion and T-Pain - Can You Hear Me?* Q Twins with Claudio and Kenza - Vuma* Roisin Murphy - Narcissus* SG Lewis with Lucky Daye - Feed the Fire* Theo Parrish and Maurissa Rose - This Is For YouFerg and Monica - Big A$APAbra Cadabra - Spin this CoupeAC/DC - Shot in the Dark, Kick You When You’re DownAlessandro Cortini, Matteo Vallicelli (looking forward to hearing this album)Alpoko Don - Mad at MyselfAnd Brun - After the Great Storm, CrumbsArina Grande - Shut UpAustra and Cecile Believe - Mountain Baby (Octo Octa’s Contemplation Remix)BackRoad Gee and Lethal Bizzle and JME - Enough Is EnoughBella - Something You LikeBenjamin Louis Brody and Ian Chang - ASMR IIBibio - Madame Grotesque (this album seems great so far)Bicep with Clara La San - SakuBrandee Younger and Dezron Douglas - The Creator Has a Master PlanCamper with Brandy - SleepCarolina Eyck - Northern LightsChip with JME and Dizzee Rascal - IgniteChris Stapleton - You Should Probably LeaveCoco and Breezy with Dawn Richard - U.DaBaby - Handgun, More Money More Problems, Gucci PeacoatDa Les with Focalistic, Kamo Mphela and Jobe London - Elon MuskDanalogue with Alabaster de Plume - All Who Wonder Are Not Lost (definitely need to dig into this albumDauwd - IdrisDavid Banner, Ne-Yo, Big KRIT, T-Pain (!) - Come HomeDavido - FEMDC Young Fly with Fetty Wap - No ChoiceDe Mogul SA with Sino Msolo - Amanyan-nyanDizzee Rascal - Only One KingDJ Q - All That I CouldElvis Costello - Revolution 49, No Flag, They’re Not Laughing At Me Now (need to get through the album a few more times)Gillian Welch - There’s a First Time for Everything, Peace in the ValleyHomeboy Sandman - Hello Dancer, Don’t Look Down, TraumaHowie Lee - The Unreasonable SongIndochine and Christine and the Queens - 3SEXIr Sais, Sean Paul and Davido - Dream Girl (Global Remix)Jim White - Money in a Silo, Highway of Lost HatFolamour and Jitwam - Sun After RainJulian De’Angelo - N’aie Pas Peur (Exchange Mix)K1N5 - BandoKettma - AnniversaryLady Leshurr - Quarantine SpeechLil Nas X - HOLIDAY (hey this is really good!)Lone and KETTAMA - The Way You FeelLOONA - Universe, Oops!Mariah Carey - Cool on YouMary Halvorson’s Code Girl - Lemon Trees, Last Minute SmearsMasego - Mystery LadyMicem and Serge Beynaud - AffronterMiley Cyrus and Dua Lipa - Prisoner (sure, why not)NMESH - Cimcool 15kv DistributionOcto Ota - RiverOlamide - Green LightOmah Lay - GodlyOmarion - Mutual, Involved, Unbothered, Onehohtrix Point Never - Answering MachinePhoebe Bridgers - Kyoto (Copycat Killer Version)Roman Flügel - Pattern 9Smashing Soweto - WeekendSaweetie with Jhene Aiko - Back to the StreetsSeba Kaapstad - KonkeSG Lewis - ChemicalsShordie Shordie - Good EveningSimmy - Wamuhle, Indaba, Konke, MabhunguStatik Selektah, Conway the Machine, 2 Chainz, Killer Mike - Play AroundSturgill Simpson - Railroad of Sin, Sometimes WineSun-El Musician with Ami Saku - MandinayeSUSS - Echo LakeTion Wayne and MIST - DeludeedVictoria Manet - Jaguar, Moment, Experience, Touch MeVolpe Co. - Don’t Touch Your Face
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 29 November 2020 04:28 (three years ago) link
Okay, I'm sure I'll be frantically filling this up with a lot more from copious end of year listing but let's call it on Christmas. You know what I haven't been able to stop listening to all month is Bob James' 1977 hit "Angela (Theme from Taxi)", so a very honorable mention there. Best of the year asterisked. A very very good year for music! Not for anything else.
Albums* Fatima Yamaha - Spontaneous Order* Jake Blount - Spider Tales* Miley Cyrus - Plastic Hearts* Sir Richard Bishop - Oneiric FormularyBryant Taylorr - RareGabe Lee - Honky Tonk HellLeon Chang - Return to Bird WorldNicole Atkins - Italian IceRon Obasi - Sun Tapes
Tracks* Christopher Willis - Mickey's Song (The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse End Credits Theme)* Joff Bush - Bluey Theme Song* Justine Darcenne - Off Days* Felbm - Filatelie* Jacque Satre - Anatole Trance* Masego - Mystery Lady * Stylo G - Oh Lawd* Theo Bleckmann and The Westerlies - Another Holiday* Viagra Boys - Ain't NiceAimee Mann - AvalancheThe Aces - DaydreamAlkaline - BuryberryAna Tijoux - Antifa DanceARTHUR - 8 MelodiesAshley Ray - Dirty WorkBambounou - TfttBasketmouth with Flavour and Phyno - Papa BenjiBoy Harsher - ROV (New Beat Edit Part Time Punks Session)Brian Brown with Reaux Marquez - RunninBryant Taylorr - Strange RoomsCaroline Polachek - So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings (AG Cook Remix)Cate le Bon - Here It Comes Again, MiamiCaveboy - NYPChekov - SwerlChuck Indigo with JORDAN Xx - Okay TodayCS + Kreme - April Fool's DayJustine Darcenne - I'm OK with That, It'll Be You (with Blake Waters)Denis Sulta - Ambition is a Beautiful Poison (Brunswick Hotel Mix)DJ Stokie with Loxion Deep and Kabza de Small - SenoritaDoja Cat - Say SoErica Banks - Buss ItFalz and Niniola - SquanderFantastic Man - Body Hurt (Tensino Mix)Fantastic Shadows - The Time for Peace is NowFlatbush Zombies - AfterlifeGabe Lee - Imogene, Honky Tonk HellGhost Power - Asteroid WitchRon Gilmore with Tim Gent and Jamiah - Take My TimeHaiey Whitters - Ten Year Town, HeartlandHoney Dijon with Hadiya George - Not About YouHowie Lee - The Wriggled MindI Waata - Digi Loan, Start ItJahvillani - Lizzad Pon Limb, Smooth (with Skillibeng)Joeboy - LonelyJulia Wu with SHOU - Qi Shi Yi Fen Zhi Yi Jia YiKeedron Bryant - I Just Wanna LiveKem - Lie to MeLee Hye - Erase YouLous and the Yakuza - AmigoMan Power with Amy Douglas - Acid GodMax de Wardener and Kit Downes - The Sky Has a FilmMiley Cyrus - WTF Do I Know, Gimme What I Want, Midnight SkyMr G - Gathering NYCMya - I'ma Do ItNathan Fake - ArboretumNicole Atkins - AM GoldNilufer Yanya - TearsObject Blue and TSVI - Turing MachineObongjayar - 10KOxlade - AWAYPangaea - Like ThisPayroll Giovanni - Tired of Being SinglePearson Sound - Alien ModePorij - 150Psalmwves - Back At ItRapsody - 12 ProblemsReol - The Sixth SenseRon Obassi - Eastside Marauders, Dem Crackas (with $hrames)Sada Baby - AktivatedSG Lewis with Rhye - TimeShenseea - Bad AloneSleaford Mods - ShortcummingsSleep D - Freak of...Sylvan Esso - Rooftop DancingTaylor Swift - AugustTeejay - Bubble Nuh, City of GodsTienhaara - Avaa hiukset, MedusaTom Petty - Harry Green ("he stopped a redneck from kickin' my ass")US Girls - 4 American DollarsYusufkanbai - do and undoZain SA - PE YanoZeroh - Aquamane
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Friday, 25 December 2020 23:45 (three years ago) link