Rolling Favorite Tracks + Albums 2017

Rose Elinor Dougall

I just noticed yesterday that the album came out. Started listening to it and got distracted. Need to get back to it.

Oh, I forgot to mention Syd's album Fin which is about 75% amazing.

This is what I've enjoyed the most this year so far (in no particular order)

Piano Magic – Closure
Brian Eno - Reflection
Avec le Soleil Sortant de sa Bouche – Pas pire pop, I Love You So Much
Michael Chapman – 50
Mark Eitzel – Hey Mr Ferryman
Matt Jencik - Weird Times
Draugsól – Volaða Land
Au champ des morts – Dans la joie
Falls of Rauros – Vigilance Perennial
Laster – Ons vrije fatum
Julie Byrne – Not Even Happiness
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs - Feed the Rats
Kevin Hufnagel – The Protected Shards
The Ominous Circle - Appalling Ascension
Lorn - Arrayed Claws

Avec le Soleil Sortant de sa Bouche – Pas pire pop, I Love You So Much

This is wild!

Landlady - "Cadaver," from The World is a Loud Place -- some kind of entrancing herky-jerky prog pop

https://youtu.be/f_NXf3usZ7s

can't decide if i love or hate the band name pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs

foxy dads - mr spilled milk

https://foxydads.bandcamp.com/track/mr-spilled-milk

Tornado Wallace - Lonely Planet

Bryan Ferry should work with this guy, it's crazy how the guitars sound imported from Avalon or late solo Ferry.

Also "Voices" with its "In Your Eyes" re-appropriation is gorgeous

I don't think there's an appropriate rolling genre thread to put this in so here we go:

https://visualdisturbances.bandcamp.com/album/uncanny-valley

Over one and a half hours of anxious avant-noise-rock. The first music in a long time that me think HOLY FUCK more than once. It rules.

Prefer this over the album that placed in 2016 EOY: https://emmaruthrundle.bandcamp.com/track/the-distance

Technically 2016 but this is lovely and Ghost Box-y: https://thehardytree.bandcamp.com/album/through-passages-of-time

They talked about the Stabscotch in LJ's new thread (which needs a revive anyways) xp to ultros

rolling attention deficit 2017 -> 999999999999 -> 999999999999999999

I forgot what that thread was called, thanks

Technically 2016 but this is lovely and Ghost Box-y
…and intheyearendpoll-y and gotonevotefromjustme-y

harrumph

;-)

Chromatics (no, not them, the hip-hop/Soca artist from Trinidad) - "Mapepire"

https://youtu.be/DtiAl2mOvPs

Jeff W all ahead of the curve-y

Still digesting the overt trop house vibes of the Wednesday Campanella album but I think it's good?

The Hardy Tree LP is wonderful. Best thing yet on Clay Pipe.

"Cave Me In" - Gallant, Tablo, Eric Nom: https://youtu.be/NQunCjYdAcU

This song has been ruling my world for the past couple of weeks

Little Dragon - High

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AsLISPht_M

"In a part of Dublin known as the Liberties, which is also where the Vikings settled 1000 years ago, there is a small community of rebel horse owners. And a few years ago, a travelling street musician who goes by the name, "The Musical Slave", accidentally crashed her van into the wall of one of their urban horse yards – and out came a horse and a few boys. One of them brought her for a spin with a horse and two-wheeler, and from that day on she was hooked. She ended up buying her own horse and moving him into the yard...

The Musical Slave is a street musician and storyteller from Bergen, on the west coast of Norway. She plays tropical punk, and sings about love, the forces of nature, and the world economy."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19A53SyAUak

Are all of those youtube comments trolling?

?

They're all saying it's the most beautiful thing ever / they cried/ they watch the video daily to feel inspired.

Im pretty certain theyre not trolling

ok holy heckin shit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO769KQ_skE

getting some "Groove is in the Heart" vibes from that

"Slide" by Calvin Harris feat. Frank Ocean & Migos is a joyful tune

I'm really into the new Entrance album 'Book of Changes' which you can hear on bandcamp. Classic-sounding folk/pop kind of stuff. A couple of highlights: Molly, I'd Be a Fool

I cannot stop listening to the new Tinariwen. Desert Blues is all I need right now.

The new Bing & Ruth album. It's lovely.

Snail Mail - Habits album

Snail Mail's voice kinda reminds me of Pumpkin Wentzel from Guv'ner.

Landlady album reminds me quite a bit of Stump (posts v much in character sorry)

parts of the new jesca hoop album are wonderful

^ yes, there was a little bit of discussion about it on her dedicated thread; may still be available via the most recently updated threads links

February round-up:

Anna Wise - "Coconuts"
Stormzy - "Big For Your Boots"
Stormzy ft. Kehlani - "Cigarettes & Cush"
Jesca Hoop - "Cut Connection"
Ondatrópica - "Bogotá"
Nubian Mindz - "Somebody Else (Cavern of Anti-Matter remix)"
SiR ft. Anderson .Paak & King Mez - "New LA"
Jlin - "Nyakinyua Risa"
Fatima Yamaha - Araya EP
Sondre Lerche - "I Know Something That's Gonna Break Your Heart"
Emma Dewing - "Buttons"
Bugzy Malone - "Aggy Wid It"
Todd Terje - "Jungelknugen (Prins Thomas remix)"
Thundercat - "Friend Zone" (and some other bits and bobs from Drunk)
DJ Premier & Miguel - "2 Lovin U"
Jason Derulo ft. Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign - "Swalla"
Bebe Rexha ft. G-Eazy - "F.F.F."
Belbury Poly & Moon Wiring Club - "The Music Room"

I love "Friend Zone" and "Them Changes" from the new Thudercat album although a lot of the rest is kinda clickbait Shuggie Otis, but I need a few more listens. I love the line "I'd rather play Mortal Combat anyway" on "Friend Zone"

it's Mortal Kombat dude c'mon

Its been a long time

Really digging on Austra - Future Politics and in particular the track Utopia. I'm bad at describing things like this, kinda reminds me of Kate Bush, or I suppose Dido? I dunno.

https://youtu.be/7rzmhbiKUo0

Michael Pisaro - Resting in a Fold of the Fog
Linda Catlin Smith - Drifter

Some of my favourites so far

Tracks

Lana Del Rey - Love
Charli XCX - Pull Up
Lowly - Not So Great After All
Katy Perry - Chained To The Rhythm
Lorde - Green Light
Todd Terje - Jungelknugen (Prins Thomas Remix)
Jens Lekman - What's That Perfume You Wear?
Jesca Hoop - The Lost Sky
Goldfrapp - Anymore
Stormzy - Big For Your Boots
Future Islands - Ran

Albums

Ronika - Lose My Cool
Lowly- Heba
Jens Lekman - Life Will See You Now
Ibibio Sound Machine - Uyai
The XX - I See You
Rose Elinor Dougall - Stellular
Kehlani - Sweetsexysavage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRES6Af_Wyg

^^^ kind of what I was hoping the last Chairlift album to sound like

That Anna Wise track mentioned in this thread is dope

I'm loving this Greek Theatre album. Gorgeous psych-folk-country-rock from Sweden.

The Greek Theatre - Broken Circle
https://thegreektheatre1.bandcamp.com/album/broken-circle

http://i.imgur.com/vyJTMGL.jpg

Top 4 so far

Sleaford Mods - English Tapas
Migos - Culture
Thundercat - Drunk
Ibibio Sound System - Uyai

I wish I liked the Thundercat album more, but so much of it is just goofy shit.