love those drums
― Simon H., Sunday, 15 July 2018 19:31 (five years ago) link
The new Jaye Jayle album is tremendous.
This is tremendous; it glowers and seethes like the For Carnation (Todd Cook plays bass) and Raime. Thanks for the heads up
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Tuesday, 17 July 2018 08:13 (five years ago) link
July. For a while, small but perfectly formed. Then some songs turned up in the past few days to boost the numbers. Indier than the norm.
The Twelve Hour Foundation - GrammatikDeerful - BloomRoo ft. Deerful - Blue Icy TouchEven As We Speak - Stay With Me; Football StarRed Velvet - Red FlavorShe Makes War - Devastate Me; Wake UpThe Internet - La Di DaZooey - Transformer Man (extended edit)Ciara - Level UpBillie Eilish - you should see me in a crownPrincess Superstar ft. 8th1w - Cosmic DownfallLost Kings ft. Tove Styrke - StuckAquaserge - Si tu t’en vasKristin Hersh - Breathe In; No Shade In ShadowOneohtrix Point Never - Blow by BlowLaurel Halo - The Sick MindPram - Sailing StonesTomorrow Syndicate - LifeforceVic Mars - Ext. Day. Overgrown GardenThe Radiophonic Workshop - Mind The Gap
― Jeff W, Tuesday, 31 July 2018 16:57 (five years ago) link
"She Makes War - Wake Up"
^ love this!
― nxd, Wednesday, 1 August 2018 09:03 (five years ago) link
Forgot to say I also got 'round to Toni Braxton's Sex & Cigarettes in July - a seriously overlooked album? It's very good anyways.
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 1 August 2018 15:14 (five years ago) link
I love Ciara but I just can't co-sign a song that includes the line "yummy all in your tummy."
― evol j, Wednesday, 1 August 2018 17:48 (five years ago) link
I...had the same issue
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 18:06 (five years ago) link
no disrespect to Ohio Express.
― evol j, Wednesday, 1 August 2018 19:54 (five years ago) link
what is mind the gap jeff
― sleepy sweet (Ross), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 20:13 (five years ago) link
oh fuck the radiophonic workshop have a new single?
also, oh fuck homeboy sandman and edan have a record coming out? god fucking damn
also miguel - python and hawa - might be
― Arch Bacon (rushomancy), Thursday, 2 August 2018 00:05 (five years ago) link
what is mind the gap jeff?
It's on a 7" you could buy with Issue 43 of Electronic Sound magazine. I read you can buy the record by itself for £7.99 from the same source.
― Jeff W, Thursday, 2 August 2018 10:14 (five years ago) link
thanks Jeff
my 2018 list so far:
advisory circle - ways of seeingjenny hval - long sleep (EP)soccer mommy- cleanessaie pas - new pathcecilia - adorationgang gang dance - kazuashitatove styrke - sway (EP)chromatics - blue girl single - black walls (EP)st vincent - fast slow disco singlecourtney barnett - tell me how you really feelu.s. girls - in a poem unlimitedangelique kidjo - remain in lightblack panther soundtrack (various artists)loreena mckennitt - lost soulsroisin murphy - all my dreams - innocence (EP)drake - scorpionnatalie prass - future and the pastlily allen - no shamecardi b - invasion of privacycavern of anti matter - hormone lemonadesophie - oil of every pearls un-insidesbreeders - all nervedj koze - knock knock - pick up (EP) - seeing aliens (EP)melodys echo chamber - bon voyagelykke li - so sad so sexydj nigga fox - craneochvrches - love is deadjanelle monae - dirty computergorillaz - the now nowbeach house - 7florence and the machine - high as hopesnail mail - lushionnalee - everyone afraid to be forgotten
likely pram as well but have not heard
― sleepy sweet (Ross), Thursday, 2 August 2018 17:02 (five years ago) link
Loving the new Helena Deland - Claudion
https://youtu.be/zUOaObWpCc8
Has some nice layered synths with what sounds like 90’s pop influence to my ears... similar to what Grimes was doing in Visions.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 3 August 2018 04:24 (five years ago) link
Walter Wolfman Washington 's latest album "My Future is my Past" has him singing ballads rather than playing lots of blues and funk guitar. I think it sounds great. He's based in New Orleans.
Tal National and Fatoumata Diawara are still top albums for me as well
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 12:34 (five years ago) link
More people should be mentioning the The Amazing album - like pre-mumbling Mark Kozelek meets Slowdive
― . (Michael B), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 12:48 (five years ago) link
Madly in love with the new Tirzah album. Holding On and Do You Know are particularly great.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 13 August 2018 01:30 (five years ago) link
Whoa new album!
Tirzah
― Abomination Street (Ross), Monday, 13 August 2018 02:11 (five years ago) link
a couple of recent Erstwhile releases have sort of reinvigorated my interest in the label.. that, and there's a 20% discount on all titles until August 15 (on bandcamp)
https://erstwhilerecords.bandcamp.com/album/mosquitoes-and-crabshttps://erstwhilerecords.bandcamp.com/album/my-trust-in-you
each album is a duo recording, each sounds both improvised and assembled (as collage) -- the Will Guthrie / Hong Chulki is probably the livelier of the two--featuring (heavy) bits of turntable and guitar wreckage, fragmented pieces of percussion and instances of straightforward drumming, electronics (sharp radio static-like sounds, etc.), and field recordings. they're both very well recorded--Mosquitoes and Crabs has a great visceral punch and prickliness to it.
My Trust in You (Marc Baron and Lucio Capece) is more varied, with lots of tape recorder/recording -fuckery by Marc Baron (along with other "analog devices"), and some lovely / atmospheric clarinet work by Lucio Capece. Capece is also credited with "slide saxophone, analog synthesizer and filter, drum machines, double looper, equalizers in feedback, regular and telephone field recordings, mini speakers in movement"
these albums are sort of a breath of fresh air, re: Erstwhile releases, and it's a good time to take advantage of the 205 off sale.
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Monday, 13 August 2018 03:11 (five years ago) link
err, 20% off until the 15th
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Monday, 13 August 2018 03:12 (five years ago) link
really enjoying the Nina Kinert album, getting kind of a Sundfor vibe - lots of ornate piano. Sam Herring of Future Islands guests.
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Monday, 13 August 2018 18:14 (five years ago) link
thanks for letting us know about that, the last Nina K album was exquisite
― boxedjoy, Monday, 13 August 2018 20:30 (five years ago) link
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