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Title: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on January 21, 2014, 06:22:44 PM
What have you just bought? What are you looking forward to? Suggestions for other pirates? No list limit. No post limit. Re-issues are fine. If you like it and it's out this year then post it and if you didn't like something tell us why.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on January 21, 2014, 06:23:24 PM
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Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: burnspbesq on January 21, 2014, 06:44:10 PM
It's already a good year for Americana/bluegrass/folk/country: Rosanne Cash and Mary Chapin Carpenter last week, and Blue Highway today.
I found the new Springsteen album to be his best work since "The Ghost of Tom Joad."
A new Pat Metheny Unity Band album is due out shortly (maybe today, in fact).
Later in the year, the Pacifica Quartet and Marc-Andre Hamelin are supposed to record the Ornstein Piano Quintet which was the highlight of their Fall 2013 concert tour.
Hopefully we will get more Haydn concertos from Hamelin and Les Violons du Roi; the first volume was awesome.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: shipsupt on January 21, 2014, 10:14:49 PM
Burns, you give me hope on the Boss... I had heard mixed reviews but with your headband I'll check it out.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: Thujone on January 21, 2014, 10:59:00 PM
New Mogwai? Niiiiice. I'm most excited for The Glitch Mob's new album.
Looking forward to Neil Finn's latest solo effort, "Dizzy Heights" (Due out February 11th). I have my preorder in.
"Divebomber" has me pretty optimistic.
Ordered, thanks! One friend has told me several times that once you get into Finn, he's so great...look past the pop sound and the lyrics are so intense. But- this one doesn't sound like such pop. Hope the album carries that tone.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: The Alchemist on January 23, 2014, 07:53:31 AM
Rumor has it that Toll will be releasing a new album in 2014, I hope the rumor is true. Their last album was in 2006 so it' been a long time coming! I am really looking forward to it!
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: AustinValentine on January 23, 2014, 10:56:19 PM
Ordered, thanks! One friend has told me several times that once you get into Finn, he's so great...look past the pop sound and the lyrics are so intense. But- this one doesn't sound like such pop. Hope the album carries that tone.
The advance single sounds substantially influenced by Sigur Rós's "Viðrar vel til loftárása" (trans. "Good Weather for an Airstrike) off of their 1999 album Ágætis byrjun. Even the name of the track seems to hint at the connection. If the rest of the album sounds anything like it (i.e. heavily orchestrated Post-Rock), it won't sound very much like Neil Finn's stock sound - which your friend described very accurately.
I found the new Springsteen album to be his best work since "The Ghost of Tom Joad."
High praise. I'm going to have to pick it up off of this recommendation alone.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: burnspbesq on January 24, 2014, 10:01:20 PM
Burning up all my AmEx rewards points pre-ordering stuff from Amazon:
Laura Cantrell The Autumn Defense (this is on NPR First Listen, and it is teh awesome!) Pat Metheny Unity Band Beethoven Piano Trios, Isabell Faust/Alexander Melnikov/Jean-Guihen Queyras Jeff Ballard/Lionel Loueke/Miguel Zenon Neil Finn An album of Szymanowski piano music by Cedric Thibergien (which I will download from Hyperion instead of buying it from Amazon)
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on January 27, 2014, 02:17:37 PM
I'm listening to the new release from ActressGhettoville
(http://i42.tinypic.com/1076tz9.jpg)
It's sounds like it was recorded at 96Kbps. I feel sorry for anyone buying this on the triple LP vinyl. They'll be checking their carts thinking they're damaged. I know, it's meant to be minimal and lo-fi, but does it have to be meh. In a recent press release Actress stated...
Ghettoville is the bleached out and black tinted conclusion of the Actress image.
Where the demands of writing caught the artist slumped and reclined, devoid of any soul, acutely aware of the simulated prism that required breakout.
Four albums in and the notes and compositions no longer contain decipherable language.
The scripts now carry tears, the world has returned to a flattened state, and out through that window, the birds look back into the cage they once inhabited.
Spitting flames behind a white wall of silence.
The machines have turned to stone, data reads like an obituary to its user.
A fix is no longer a release, it's a brittle curse. Zero satisfaction, no teeth, pseudo artists running rampant, but the path continues.
R.I.P Music 2014.
Actress
I don't think I'm hip enough for this album.
Edit: I know what the problem is for me. As Darren Cunningham (Actress) said in his press release, it's "Devoid of any soul".
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: The Alchemist on January 27, 2014, 02:41:04 PM
Hi Numbersixx,
What type of music is that/genre?
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on January 27, 2014, 02:51:29 PM
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: The Alchemist on January 27, 2014, 02:53:56 PM
Thanks for that info Numbersixx, I may have to check it out!
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on January 27, 2014, 03:06:09 PM
You can have my copy, gratis.
I have amended the title post to include things we didn't like. I have a feeling there are going to be a few disappointments along the way.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on January 27, 2014, 03:38:45 PM
I'll even throw in a couple of Burial albums.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: shipsupt on January 27, 2014, 04:38:18 PM
If I may be so bold, I just listened to a little of this Actress release... at least the 30 seconds I could muster... let me summarize Sixx's review a bit...
If I may be so bold, I just listened to a little of this Actress release... at least the 30 seconds I could muster... let me summarize Sixx's review a bit...
Looking forward to Neil Finn's latest solo effort, "Dizzy Heights" (Due out February 11th). I have my preorder in.
"Divebomber" has me pretty optimistic.
Ordered, thanks! One friend has told me several times that once you get into Finn, he's so great...look past the pop sound and the lyrics are so intense. But- this one doesn't sound like such pop. Hope the album carries that tone.
I'm not too familiar with Neil Finn's solo work. Crowded House and Split Enz were amazing bands though. You're in for a treat if you're exploring this man's work for the first time.
I was listening to this last night (released in 2010, sorry for the slight derail). Amazing compilation of covers from female Aussie and NZ musicians. The special edition has a second disc with the original versions of songs. Both discs are rad.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: burnspbesq on January 29, 2014, 08:48:29 PM
The third volume of Columbia/Legacy's Miles Davis "bootleg" series will be out in late March. Four CDs of the complete June 1970 Fillmore East shows. This could be pretty special.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: shipsupt on February 05, 2014, 11:06:07 PM
(http://cdn3.pitchfork.com/albums/20029/homepage_large.13d8e3e7.jpg) Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings: Give the People What They Want
I am absolutely loving this retro, R'n'B, funky, soul, motown... Ah, forget trying to put a label on it, I just want to queue it up and dance around the room! Great to see Jones bounce back from a fight with cancer last year. This should have been a 2013 release, but was delayed. This is the first time I've checked her/their stuff out and I'm totally digging it.
The only downside to this album for me is that it's got a few tracks (like You'll be Lonely) that are mixed with some pretty heavy mono going on. Think most of the band in your left ear and just the horns in your right. I've always been uncomfortable with a heavy mono mix like this on headphones. Some heavy cross feed is helping, but I simply prefer listening to this one from speakers, which is actually a blessing, as it makes the aforementioned dancing much easier!
Put Jone's killer pipes on top of this super tight band and you've got a good recipe for fun. Keep this one on the ready for your next party! :)p1
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: shipsupt on February 06, 2014, 11:56:58 AM
Get the Blessing - Lope and Antilope (http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/797537119922-195x195.jpg)
A brilliant jazz rock release. Purely instrumental and largely improvised. The whole album just seems flow together as a whole. As a budding jazz fan, this genre-fusion is easy for me to digest and makes the leap to free jazz more accessible.
I'd recommend grabbing it and any of their other three releases.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: MuppetFace on February 06, 2014, 03:37:33 PM
I rarely visit Pitchfork these days, but out of curiosity I checked the score for Actress's Ghettoville. They gave it a 6.7. So no, they don't exactly love it.
Not sure how I feel about it as a whole. It's definitely far less engaging than Splazsh to which it's supposed to be a direct sequel, and the recording quality is far into the shit-zone even compared to a lot of 'garbage-fi' and 'shitgazer' stuff. What strikes me the most about it is how lethargic it sounds compared to the usual bouncy skitterscapes of his past stuff. Rather than a lot of small squiggles and plankton (to borrow something from Marv's lexicon...), everything gets compressed into a single plane and is presented in broad patterns. Everything is narrow band and forced down a tunnel, like looking through a telescope the wrong way. It's evident from the artist's own words that this album is meant to present the bombed out remains of a genre.
If there's anything to be said for the album it's the vibes it gives off however, definite throw-backs to 80s and 90s underground dance floors, echoes of acid house and Detroit techno, horror vogue ghetto synths and Screw (see "Rap" with its play-on-words refrain and "Rule"). It's the type of album that surveys the artistic landscape that spawned it, much like last year's With Love. In that case, the entirety of underground techno was put through a filter of Zomby's sensibilities, and it ended up being a love letter of sorts to DJs, providing skeletal tracks for other artists to remix. Though it's similarly barren, Ghettoville is far and away more self referential. It's not so much a love letter as it's the barely decipherable torn pages of a notebook, and rather than celebrate its influences it celebrates their smoldering wreckage. More high concept than enjoyable listen, though I can still appreciate that.
Side note: The volume on the CD is quite low; I'm having to turn it up quite a bit.
This material seems like a direct continuation of their recordings from Monoliths & Dimensions, though it ventures even further into the symphonic realms that accentuated their last full length. Opener "Let There Be Light" sounds like a much fuller, more lush take from the White sessions. Its jazzy undertones are especially nice and evoke their collaboration with Nurse With Wound which remains a favorite of mine (The Iron Soul of Nothing). It builds into a percussive and horn laden crescendo, and then the ominous second track "Western Horn" comes in like a rolling cloud bank of drones, jangling guitars and---what sounds like---mandolins.
The centerpiece though is the melancholy third track, "Eternal Return," which is the most distinctly Ulver-ish moment of the album. The mournful strings and bells and overall tone come across like Sunn O)))'s take on funeral doom. Eventually this calms and some synth lines pick up, providing a backdrop for some Tears For Fears-esque vocals courtesy Ulver. The delivery of these vocals is perhaps the only real fumble for the collaboration, and I imagine some Sunn-fans cringing, but in a way it makes the experience all the better for me; it shoots for genuine emotion---even if it's overwrought---and that's what makes traditional funeral doom (Candlemass, et al.) what it is. Only it's here on an abstract Sunn O))) album. The track draws to a close with more mandolins playing a really great minor coda.
As a whole, Terrestrials is a great addition to both band's catalogs. To me it evokes some kind of hyperdimensional funeral procession, complete with tesseracts as grave markers. Whatever your mental imagery though, this is definitely Sunn's more abstract and adventurous side, and this is precisely the side of theirs I like most. Even though they never go into major riff mode, Terrestrials manages to sound very heavy nonetheless.
I also highly recommend checking out Ulver's latest material, namely their Messe I.X-VI.X release which has the same intriguing combination of instrumental passages and electronics as the final moments of Terrestrials.
For those of you unfamiliar with Dum Dum Girls, they're part of a new wave of girl-fronted garage rock groups including Vivian Girls and Best Coast. For their latest album, their style has shifted somewhat into more stargazing pop rock, more dreamy and whispering. They sound a lot like School of Seven Bells at times. Which isn't a bad thing. However I wish they split the difference a bit more with their older style as they did on their most recent EP, End of Daze. As it stand the tracks end up running together a bit when you listen all the way through rather than small doses, something I often find to be the case with dreampop bands (even the best of them like Beach House). I suppose I find myself asking if I really want yet another dreampop practitioner on rotation. So yeah, I hope Dum Dum Girls continues to explore their sound and don't sit still in this new phase for long. The tracks on this album are very solid and well executed, but perhaps ever-so-slightly devoid of spark for me despite lead singer Dee Dee's energy.
Warpaint - Warpaint
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Experimental rock group Warpaint has released some really fantastic tracks, though I can't help but feel like their albums as a whole are a bit inconsistent and don't sustain that creative energy all the way through. Their self-titled album is perhaps the most ambitious of their releases so far with twelve tracks clocking in at nearly an hour. Once again though , I find myself struggling to sit through the entirety of it from start to finish, however there are some real downtempo gems throughout. This album is a definite slow burner. You need to give it time.
"Love Is To Die" is minimal yet propulsive, a brooding indie ballad. "Hi" sounds like Portishead and PJ Harvey getting into a spat. "Biggy" shimmers in synthetic loops and clouds of droning ambience. "Disco // Very" is an off kilter dance floor jangle with a groovy beat and refrain, complete with crazy lyrics. Meanwhile "Go In" drifts along with echoplex Hurdy-Gurdy Man style vocals.
Kinda like a shot of high proof alcohol. Best in small doses.
I can't help but love Mogwai. From their first monolithic slab of brilliance Young Team which is in some ways still my favorite thing they've ever done, to their breakout hit Happy Songs For Happy People, to their more recent albums like the brilliantly named Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will ... I love it all. For their latest full length, Rave Tapes, the band is decidedly less blown-out than on the aforementioned Hardcore, though they sound just as anthemic as always and manage to encapsulate much of that post rock majesty in bite sized pieces.
Highlights for me include the heavy synth rockers "Simon Ferocious" and "Remurdered," the soaring "Hexon Bogon" and "Blues Hour," and the lovely, sprawling "No Medicine For Regret." My two favorite tracks however are "Repelish" which features dive-on-in guitars a really great vocal sample of someone ranting about satanic messages in Zep's Stairway to Heaven, as well as album closer "The Lord Is Out Of Control" which sounds like a Thrones composition with its angelic vocoder hymnals and hard pounding programmed drumming.
It's more of a slow grower compared to Hardcore, and the more I listen the more it endears itself.
Beastmilk - Climax
(http://f0.bcbits.com/img/a2339922695_10.jpg)
This was actually released last year, but it fell through the cracks for me, and I've only just now discovered it. Had I done so sooner it would have made my 'best of' list last year f'sho.
Really propulsive goth punk rock, featuring moody---but not too whiny and not too overwrought---vocals, fantastic heavy hitting rhythm, and frantic guitars. Reminds me of Veil Veil Vanish to a degree, but it has more angular riffing and minor key melodies, almost a hint of black metal at times. Which makes sense actually because the guys behind this were in the avant black 'n' roll band Code. Oh, and the blackened folk group Hexvessel. I'm really fond of both as well.
Beastmilk have this great apocalyptic quality to their sound, all gloom 'n' doom, but still rock out and deliver a great level of energy in spite of the sullenness. Their compositions really hit the spot. Part of a new gloomy punk brigade that includes bands like His Electro Blue Voice, Grave Babies, Holograms, Iceage, Naomi Punk, etc.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: burnspbesq on February 07, 2014, 11:18:23 PM
This could be really interesting: Orchestral works by Bryce Dessner and Johnny Greenwood.
http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/us/cat/4792388
Also coming in March from DG: the premiere recording of John Adams' "The Gospel According to the Other Mary," with the LA Phil and LA Master Chorale under Gus Dude. I heard this at Disney Hall in June 2012 (two days after the premiere) and was completely blown away.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: olor1n on February 10, 2014, 07:24:38 AM
The Jezabels - The Brink
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--yEnSGaXAs
Something about The Jezabels reminds me of late 90's Australian rock. An era where bands like Powderfinger achieved mainstream success while maintaining their identity and integrity. The Brink is a continuation of their outstanding debut Prisoner. It's unabashed pop rock with a twang of "Australiana" (wide expanses, the road, endless sky, summer) propelled by Kate Bush melodies.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: anetode on February 12, 2014, 04:26:22 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/jza4X1H.jpg)
Holy crap, Cibo Matto is back! What are you still doing here? Go listen to it!
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: kkl10 on February 16, 2014, 07:07:00 PM
A small EP release, part of a bigger release schedule for 2014 from Machinedrum, Vapor Park. Machinedrum is a late discovery of mine, prolific electronic musician. I like the later trend in his output, mixing influences of Boards of Canada, Hip-Hop, Glitch, Electroacustical with sensible notions of melody and harmony, great maturity all around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHb3CIAaiUw
I'll keep my eyes on this man. Electronic musicians are like good fine wine, they taste better with age.
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Post by: 6 on February 17, 2014, 07:28:05 PM
New Crosses ††† album just in (http://i59.tinypic.com/wbf2bq.jpg)
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Post by: timjthomas on February 18, 2014, 01:33:03 PM
If you're a fan of CSN: (http://i2.wp.com/www.forfolkssake.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/croz.jpg?resize=298%2C300)
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: burnspbesq on February 18, 2014, 04:51:09 PM
I'll take your word for it on Crosby, but as a general proposition the voices of most 1960s folk-rock icons are shot. We went to one of the LA shows on the Buffalo Springfield 2011 tour, and it was sad to see that neither Stills nor Young could sing worth a damn (Young always had trouble staying on pitch, and he sure hasn't gotten better at it).
The only two guys I can think of offhand who have taken care of their voices and can still bring it are Richie Furay and Chris Hillman (probably not a coincidence that both are devout Christians who have mostly stayed away from drugs and don't tour much).
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: burnspbesq on February 19, 2014, 04:50:30 AM
I'm on Jenny Scheinman's email list, and got one today saying (among other things) that she will have a new album out on 5/6.
She's also playing with Ani DiFranco on a short Northwest/NorCal tour that starts in Portland tomorrow night.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on February 25, 2014, 06:54:24 PM
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Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: MuppetFace on February 25, 2014, 07:29:18 PM
Got the new Beck on the way. Wasn't aware there was a new Bohren; haven't heard them in a while.
Also...
St. Vincent (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bc/St_Vincent_artwork.jpg)
I'll post thoughts on some of this stuff later if anyone is interested...
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on February 25, 2014, 08:41:03 PM
I'd be interested in your thoughts on Thee Silver Mt. Zion. I stopped buying their albums after "This Is Our Punk Rock...". I was put off by the vocals. What are they up to now?
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on February 25, 2014, 09:44:08 PM
re. Bohren. I got this interview from Stephen O'Malley's web site. It's in German though.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: CEE TEE on February 26, 2014, 12:10:57 AM
New Beck is here. I have to post about it even though I need to drive 10 minutes to get it and he is a Scientologist:
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: shipsupt on February 26, 2014, 02:23:04 PM
^^^^^^^^ Listened to it today... Technically it's a well done album. Quite "safe"... Sea Change 2?
Beck still claims there is a genre change album in the works, but this isn't it.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: MuppetFace on February 26, 2014, 03:37:11 PM
New Beck album isn't doing it for me. Zzzzzz.
The new St. Vincent however is great to my ears.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: olor1n on February 26, 2014, 04:37:54 PM
Oh schiiiiiit!
I'd forgotten about the new St. Vincent. Thanks for the reminder MF!
(http://i.imgur.com/0E25Vj8.gif)
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: shipsupt on February 27, 2014, 10:17:10 AM
Wild Beast - Present Tense (http://nme.assets.ipccdn.co.uk/images/gallery/2014WildBeasts_PresentTense_310114.jpg) This is a really well recorded album showing off what I think are great song writing skills and strong vocals. The synths are bit more laid back than they were on Smother, especially the percussion. While you'll immediately recognize the album as one from Wild Beasts, if you're familiar with them, you'll also feel that they've taken a slightly different approach with this album, and for me it works. It's worth a stream, and you just may find yourself buying it.
Slough Feg - Digital Resistance (http://cdn3.pitchfork.com/albums/20154/homepage_large.75b72f95.jpg) Wow! Maybe some of you were already familiar with Slough Feg, and maybe being from San Francisco I should have been, but this was my first exposure to this classic metal band and I'm totally digging this concept album. Somewhere between Thin Lizzy and Iron Maiden there is no mistaking that these guys have been playing together for a long time. The mature sound is addicting. I've only streamed this album today, but I'm searching for a nice hi-res or vinyl version to buy. Highly recommended for the classic rocker looking for something new!
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: olor1n on February 27, 2014, 11:35:34 AM
I'm streaming St. Vincent at the moment.
Yeah, this is rad. Really dig her guitar work. Crunchy rhythm punctuated by characteristic licks, angelic melodies transitioning to punk rock swagger, quirky beats that you can't help but groove to and anthems that explode from nowhere. Classic St. Vincent.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: olor1n on February 27, 2014, 11:59:16 AM
I wonder if the Universe could contain the epic awesome of an Annie Clark/Jonny Greenwood collaboration.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: anetode on February 28, 2014, 01:08:37 AM
Yeah, this is rad. Really dig her guitar work. Crunchy rhythm punctuated by characteristic licks, angelic melodies transitioning to punk rock swagger, quirky beats that you can't help but groove to and anthems that explode from nowhere. Classic St. Vincent.
Yeahhh -- I'm digging the new St. Vincent a lot too. I love the jerky, angular melodies juxtaposed with her singing. It's a lot more processed, compressed and digital than her previous efforts, which fit the theme of the album of navigating the real world and digital world. The second half of Huey Newton gets me head thrashing every time. I hope we eventually get a full on rock out album from her at some point.
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Wig Out At Jagbags (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cJEKdwL3v7Q/UoJYXdPIZII/AAAAAAAAl_8/mFb8iaMHGVg/s1600/2a1be4ed.jpg)
I'll post thoughts on some of this stuff later if anyone is interested...
Yes! These three have been on heavy rotation from me this year -- especially that Stephen Malkmus. So many awesome little guitar licks all over that record.
The Gardens & Villa and Phantogram aren't really grabbing me the same way their previous efforts have.
Lots of good stuff this year so far, despite a few disappointments for me personally (Broken Bells, Warpaint). That Beck album isn't grabbing me either, but then again it took me a few months to warm up to Sea Change.
A few other albums I feel are a cut above the rest this year that I haven't seen mentioned yet:
ceo - Wonderland (http://cdn.stereogum.com/files/2014/01/ceo-Wonderland-300x300.jpg)
Temples - Sun Structures (http://popstache.com/wp-content/uploads/temples_sun_structures_album-500x500-300x300.jpg)
Planningtorock - All Love's Legal (http://o.scdn.co/300/91db5047f7e08c1cbc1b609ee8bc3520a563b69e)
And, a bit early, but I'm obsessed with both the new War on Drugs and Real Estate records: (http://nbhap.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads//2013/12/The-War-On-Drugs-Lost-In-The-Dream-300x300.jpg)
Ah! Record Store Day comes around again. Last time I couldn't get in my store as it was knee deep in hipsters.
There's no way some snot-nosed punk is leaving my cheese out in the wind this year.
There is a record store near me that I love and consider the shop owner a friend, so I trek out to his shop. But if not for that, I'd just wait to buy everything online. Last year, everything that I wanted could have been found online for retail in the following weeks.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on February 28, 2014, 08:14:47 PM
There is a record store near me that I love and consider the shop owner a friend, so I trek out to his shop. But if not for that, I'd just wait to buy everything online. Last year, everything that I wanted could have been found online for retail in the following weeks.
You're right. A lot of the albums I wanted bounced back to the original labels and were sold with t-shirts etc. There's just something about having a bunch of 12"s to take home and play. I kinda miss that.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: olor1n on March 01, 2014, 05:11:48 AM
Mogwai's Rave Tapes is in heavy rotation at the moment.
I feel like a heathen admitting this but I'm not that familiar with Mogwai. I'm getting strong Spiritualized and Explosions in the Sky vibes here. Love the soaring crescendoes. Reminds me of Agaetis Byrjun era Sigur Ros.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: OJneg on March 01, 2014, 05:26:33 AM
Rave Tapes didn't keep me interested unfortunately. Young Team and CODY are my favorites from Mogwai, which I would highly recommend if you've never listened. 8)
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on March 02, 2014, 09:41:02 AM
(http://i62.tinypic.com/hs3tpg.jpg) Sun Kil Moon Benji
A beautifully depressing piece of work. I believe the songs are based on true events. I don't recommend listening to it if one is already low in mood, or halfway through a serious bender.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: olor1n on March 02, 2014, 01:24:47 PM
Yep, Benji is achingly beautiful. Laid me to waste on first listen. :'(
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Post by: MattTCG on March 02, 2014, 01:48:04 PM
Beck: Morning Phase is doing it nicely for me.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: burnspbesq on March 03, 2014, 04:40:59 PM
I ordered the Dessner/Greenwood and Adams discs. Will post impressions once they arrive.
Also ordered a recent album of 20th-century Russian choral music by the American chorus Conspirare. This should be fun.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on March 03, 2014, 06:18:09 PM
Ben Frost is releasing his fifth album on 26th May called Aurora
(http://i57.tinypic.com/2lvl577.jpg)
He will be performing at the Convergence Festival (http://www.convergence-london.com/calendar/) along with other artist such as de Jacques Greene, Digitalism, Koreless, Booka Shade, Fuck Buttons, Mount Kimbie, Fennesz, Ben Frost, BeatauCue, 65 Days of Static.
I've got my ticket.
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Post by: shipsupt on March 04, 2014, 12:02:12 PM
My St. Carolyn by the Sea / There Will Be Blood arrived, but I have not been able to listen to it yet... looking forward to it.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on March 07, 2014, 07:50:30 PM
(http://i61.tinypic.com/zveg40.jpg) NOTHING Guilty Of Everything
got my Ltd vinyl :)p1
(http://i61.tinypic.com/10n9u2h.jpg)
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: MuppetFace on March 13, 2014, 01:56:49 AM
WOW... the new Gardens & Villa is amazing. Definitely one of my favorite records so far this year.
"Purple Mesas" is just soul-stirring. It hits that perfect stride at 3:12 and makes me wanna just drive into the sunrise forever.
That and the new St. Vincent are rocking my socks off.
Not to piss on anyone's fondness for the new Beck or anything, but---with the exception of "Morning" which is very pretty---it's just bland for me so far. Like some spacey rendition of bad adult contemporary. Or maybe Sea Change after a lobotomy.
Honestly, I don't think Beck is very good at making focused albums. He's at his best when he indulges his eclectic influences. That's what made Sea Change (to which this album is obviously harkening back) better. I understand variations of a theme, but here everything just runs together too much.
I miss Midnight Vultures and Guero.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: givemevinyl on March 13, 2014, 05:00:47 AM
WOW... the new Gardens & Villa is amazing. Definitely one of my favorite records so far this year.
"Purple Mesas" is just soul-stirring. It hits that perfect stride at 3:12 and makes me wanna just drive into the sunrise forever.
That and the new St. Vincent are rocking my socks off.
Secretly Canadian is one of my favorite labels. In addition to Gardens & Villa, I love War on Drugs, Damien Jurado, Taken by Trees, Jason Molina/Songs: Ohia/Magnolia Electric Co., Throw Me The Statue, and Porcelain Raft
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: burnspbesq on March 13, 2014, 06:43:55 PM
If you haven't heard it yet, "English Oceans" is the best Drive-By Truckers record in a long, long time. Apparently Jason Isbell's success with "Southeastern" last year woke them up and kicked them in the ass.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on March 17, 2014, 06:32:01 PM
Out today and in my febrile mitts.
(http://i60.tinypic.com/5b4v88.jpg) Coil / Nine Inch Nails: Recoiled
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on March 19, 2014, 01:32:56 PM
More 80s worship, basically what everyone and their sister is doing right now. Not that I'm complaining. This album has some fantastic synthesizer grooves. Fun but forgettable.
A slow burner for sure. Electronica with sampled instruments and lots of effects, tinkly Four Tet-esque noodling meets Dirty Projectors meets Weekend's cold, whiny fake sentimentality. Only a bit flat in delivery. However there are some genuinely excellent moments like the end to "Blue Film" and pretty much all of "Boris" and "#88." Still, there's not enough here to really draw me back again and again. The type of album you forget about fairly quickly.
Haven't listened to much of this yet, but so far I'm digging it. Can definitely hear the comparisons people make to Jesu. Big crushing sound but with a soft and dreamy side.
Their first album, TRST, was one of my favorites from a 2012. These guys know how to write some brutally infectious pop, and they have a self deprecating sense of humor to boot. Perhaps the most striking feature of their music is the lead singer's voice which takes some getting used to, but once you do you wonder why more singers don't sound like that. Anyway, this is their second album and definitely a departure from the moodier TRST. This time 'round everything is brighter and bouncier and more cheerful, only in a somewhat manic and disturbed sort of way. Less speedball in a grimy bathroom, more ecstasy in... well, a grimy bathroom. The production quality of this album though is problematic. The vocals are too buried in the mix and the BOOM BOOM distorted bass is way too omnipresent. Though I have a feeling it's intentional as part of the album's aesthetic.
Not digging it nearly as much as TRST thus far, but "Capitol" is a pretty amazing track with its sense of buoyancy and some wonderful vocals.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: The Alchemist on March 23, 2014, 10:09:08 AM
Rumor has it that Tool will be releasing a new album in 2014 - however Tool is known for delaying releases, and taking their time releasing new albums. It's already been 8 years Since their last album "10,000 Days" so I hope this rumor turns out to be true. Adam Jones and Danny Carey stated in press release that hey hoped to have it ready for release by the first quarter of 2014, I sure hope that is true, I have been waiting 8 years for their next album.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: olor1n on March 23, 2014, 04:12:57 PM
I associate TRST with the smoky, strobe lit debauchery of Gloryhole. Joyland seems more mellow to me. The come down perhaps. Could be a grower though. Had to replay Capitol, Are We Arc? and Rescue, Mister after the initial play through. Good shit.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: burnspbesq on March 24, 2014, 05:53:02 AM
Out next week. Their Bach and Handel recordings have been to die for; now they turn their attention to Mozart.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: zerodeefex on March 24, 2014, 06:14:02 AM
Reviews I've read for the performance were mediocre. I REALLY liked this Bach recording (http://www.linnrecords.com/recording-j-s-bach-six-brandenburg-concertos.aspx), but I'll wait for reviews on this one before jumping in.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: Marvey on March 24, 2014, 06:17:08 AM
Not to piss on anyone's fondness for the new Beck or anything, but---with the exception of "Morning" which is very pretty---it's just bland for me so far. Like some spacey rendition of bad adult contemporary. Or maybe Sea Change after a lobotomy.
Honestly, I don't think Beck is very good at making focused albums. He's at his best when he indulges his eclectic influences. That's what made Sea Change (to which this album is obviously harkening back) better. I understand variations of a theme, but here everything just runs together too much.
I miss Midnight Vultures and Guero.
As a fan of Mutations and Sea Change, I see Morning Phase as in between those two. "Wave" is the album's "Nobody's Fault But My Own" (though "Nobody's Fault" is better). The first half gets better the more I listen to it. Bonus points for using "exegesis" as a lyric. And as a Simon and Garfunkel fan, "Turn Away" is fun. Confluence of 60's, 70's, Country Rock. Some of Mutations took me a little while too.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on March 25, 2014, 05:30:38 PM
(http://i60.tinypic.com/5b4v88.jpg) Coil / Nine Inch Nails: Recoiled
As a major Coil fan who grew up listening to the early NIN stuff, this release doesn't disappoint.
Indeed. They have managed to keep to the spirit of the early NIN sound and not trample all over it. Lesser artist would have been too tempted to use contemporary sounds. At one end either glitch it to death or drown it in a mire of brostep wobble at the other.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on March 25, 2014, 05:38:28 PM
(http://i61.tinypic.com/10igmbm.jpg) Freddie Gibbs and Madlib Piñata
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: MuppetFace on March 25, 2014, 05:48:00 PM
Indeed. They have managed to keep to the spirit of the early NIN sound and not trample all over it. Lesser artist would have been too tempted to use contemporary sounds. At one end either glitch it to death or drown it in a mire of brostep wobble at the other.
Yeah. The reason why these tracks have that spirit is because they were made a while back, back when Christopherson and Balance were still alive, back before laptop composition really took over and everything was decidedly more "homebrew," and they have only just now seen a proper release after being unearthed from the vaults.
Fun fact: that remix of Closer was used in the credits of Se7en back in '95.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on March 25, 2014, 06:22:25 PM
Indeed. They have managed to keep to the spirit of the early NIN sound and not trample all over it. Lesser artist would have been too tempted to use contemporary sounds. At one end either glitch it to death or drown it in a mire of brostep wobble at the other.
Yeah. The reason why these tracks have that spirit is because they were made a while back, back when Christopherson and Balance were still alive, back before laptop composition really took over and everything was decidedly more "homebrew," and they have only just now seen a proper release after being unearthed from the vaults.
Fun fact: that remix of Closer was used in the credits of Se7en back in '95.
True. Being a NIN fan I bought the 2 disc DVD of SE7EN (New Line) when it was released, which features on disc 2, Exploration Of The Opening Sequence
You get it in 24/96, DTS ES, Dolby Ex or Stereo surround, played along to storyboards, rough or final film sequence.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: olor1n on April 01, 2014, 08:14:28 AM
Future Islands - Singles
(http://www.future-islands.com/FI_singles.jpg)
Not a "Best Of" compilation as the title implies but this work may be the most accessible from Future Islands. Rich with Pixie-esque melodies and delivered by a vocalist who could lay claim to any Karaoke mantle as the potential love-child of Bowie and Frank Black. There's no filler here. Just concentrated win.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: funkmeister on April 01, 2014, 08:33:24 PM
When it comes to NIN, I liked Further Down the Spiral the best... when I was 15.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: MuppetFace on April 02, 2014, 01:47:43 PM
The new Cloud Nothings album, Here And Nowhere Else, is a little hard for me to get into thus far.
I really dug their early collection of rough bedroom tracks and then their self-titled debut which had this incredibly youthful, snarky energy to it like a lost anarcho punk band filtered through Dr. Seuss. Their follow up, Attack On Memory, was more experimental and moody but still had enough incredible moments ("Stay Useless" and "Cut You") to be enjoyable. This newest album brings back a lot of the energy from their earlier works, but with a lot of the charm replaced by their more noisier and abrasive tendencies. They're almost unrecognizable at times. Still, it's proving to be a slow burner, and some tracks have already found their way into my heart ("Psychic Trauma") or are compelling enough for me to explore ("No Thoughts" and "Pattern Walk").
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Casket Girls' True Love Kills The Fairy Tale
(http://f0.bcbits.com/img/a3367775102_10.jpg)
I am seriously digging this thing from start to finish, with every track turning out to be a jewel of dream journal pop. A nice mix of nostalgia chants and free spirited disregard for them, with minor goth tendencies that surface for time to time amidst the veneer of bubbly anthems.
Really nifty electronica infused, soulful singing that has gotten under my skin. This sort of stuff is fairly common now, but Neneh was one of the early practitioners. Here she's really showing off her knack for composition and pacing, crafting a quietly seductive and worldly wise, sincere collection of club tracks. The album seems to be minor key playful---like a knowing smile---but never at the expense of authenticity. She maintains just enough distance to get a fuller perspective.
Perhaps the weakest area of Neneh's album lies in her ability to harness the much sought after pop hook. Overall the album is perhaps a bit too "minor key" and in need of some genuine hooks. It would make it more memorable on a finer level, whereas in its current form it kind of blends together and ends up being a sum total kind of experience for me.
My fondness for Liars comes and goes, and I'd say it's about as varied as their musical catalog. This time around, their harsh distorted electobuzz and Eurotrash aesthetic seems pretty hit or miss. Overall I'd say this album is quite aptly named. Wixiw and Sisterworld by comparison were much more interesting and well executed albums for me. Still, there are things to like about this one.
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Also this came out at the very end of December of last year, so I'm counting it among this year's releases...
Lo-fi ritualistic black metal cultishness. Not for the faint of heart or people who take music genres too seriously. Overall, these guys have always had a comical mystique about them, in part due to their extremely limited cassette tape releases that often ended up more ritual-on-tape than album. Like discovering an artifact hidden away in a dank crevice that wasn't meant to ever see the light of day again. Part solemn procession, part exorcism, part insane asylum confessional. Like Xasthur having a nervous breakdown at the dentist's. Weird, twisted and atrociously recorded outsider black metal.
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Also worth a mention / impressions forthcoming:
White Suns - Totem
(https://f0.bcbits.com/img/a3448039578_10.jpg)
Noisy apocalyptic punk and metal abomination, and I meant that in a good way.
From Rolling Stone... The two-CD Deluxe Edition contains a remastered version of the album alongside a second disc of 16 demos, rehearsals and B-sides; 10 of the tracks have never previously been released. The Super Deluxe Edition expands the album to a five-disc release with even more rarities, discs dedicated to B-sides, demos and rehearsals and a version of the album mixed in Blu-ray Audio 5.1 Surround Sound. That edition also comes with a hardbound book with liner notes by Rolling Stone's David Fricke, never-before-seen photos by Kevin Westerberg and "reimagined" album art by artist Josh Graham. The band is also putting out a double-LP edition of the album on 200-gram vinyl.
I must confess, I've pre-ordered the Super Deluxe OMG How Much!? Edition
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: Stapsy on April 04, 2014, 10:02:05 PM
I have listened to the Mac Demarco album twice in the last 24 hours. I absolutely love it. This one is going straight to heavy rotation. Thanks for the heads up MF!
I also got the new Future Islands album. I wanted to get the last release but it was never there when I was at the record store. I have it next in my queue for tonight after I fully absorb Salad Days. I listened briefly to a couple tracks and it was quite nice. Cheers olor1n for reminding me.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: burnspbesq on April 04, 2014, 10:43:33 PM
Just finished listening to the new Hold Steady album.
Between them and Drive-By Truckers, March was a good month for straight-ahead, mainstream rock.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: olor1n on April 09, 2014, 09:41:07 AM
Another one to add to the growing pile of outstanding releases for the year. Quite a contrast to the sparse, confronting rawness of Past Life Martyred Saints. Song-craft here is more conventional, buffed with higher fidelity and lavish production. It's EMA emerging from the abyss of Past Life to rock out a bit.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on April 09, 2014, 06:47:46 PM
Two dark offerings
(http://i59.tinypic.com/ic3f2f.jpg) Thou Heathen (http://i57.tinypic.com/4vogeq.jpg) The Body I Shall Die Here
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on April 15, 2014, 04:59:02 PM
The London Philharmonic Orchestra perform Górecki’s Symphony No. 4 (http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/video/2014/apr/14/philharmonic-orchaestra-video)
"When Henryk Górecki's Third Symphony (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs) became the best selling piece of classical music of all time, the world wondered how he would follow it. Sadly, the Polish composer died in 2010, before he had the chance to premiere his Symphony No 4. Since his death, Górecki's son Mikołaj has worked on the detailed manuscript his father left, and this performance by the London Philharmonic Orchestra – recorded on 12 April at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall – is the symphony's first ever airing. Górecki's Symphony No. 4 was commissioned by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Southbank Centre, London, with support from the Adam Mickiewicz Institute (who also supported filming of the performance) and the Polish Cultural Institute in London, The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, and the ZaterdagMatinee Amsterdam." Guardian
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on April 21, 2014, 01:43:52 PM
(http://i60.tinypic.com/wrf4mo.jpg) Pharoahe Monch PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: zerodeefex on May 01, 2014, 05:32:46 PM
edit: Mein Gott! This album just crushes everything in it's path. A must for doom lovers. headbang
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on May 05, 2014, 06:55:13 AM
(http://i59.tinypic.com/mjmluf.jpg) Brian Eno & Karl Hyde Someday World
Out today on Warp Records. I'm not sure what I think about this one as an old Underworld fan.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on May 10, 2014, 10:49:41 AM
(http://i61.tinypic.com/ddjb5v.jpg) Mastodon Once More 'Round The Sun
Released at the end of June. Double ltd LP pre-ordered.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on May 17, 2014, 03:29:52 PM
(http://i62.tinypic.com/25ppkoy.jpg) Motorpsycho Behind The Sun
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on May 18, 2014, 01:43:51 PM
(http://i60.tinypic.com/2v1rfns.jpg) Little Dragon Nabuma Rubberband
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on May 24, 2014, 01:56:18 PM
(http://i62.tinypic.com/2hgbqs7.jpg)
Dunedin Consort Mozart: Requiem (Reconstruction of first performance) Linn Records
This will be the seventh Requiem I've added to my collection I felt was worth having.
(http://i60.tinypic.com/24zdruv.jpg)
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on May 28, 2014, 02:34:15 PM
(http://i59.tinypic.com/33kc7de.png) Killer Be Killed
The Dillinger Escape Plan vocalist Greg Puciato Soulfly/ex-Sepultura Max Cavalera Mastodon bassist and co-vocalist Troy Sanders ex- The Mars Volta drummer Dave Elitch
(http://i62.tinypic.com/fdghac.jpg) Down Down IV Part II
vocalist Phil Anselmo (Pantera) guitarist Pepper Keenan (Corrosion of Conformity) guitarist Bobby Landgraf, bassist Pat Bruders (Goatwhore) drums Jimmy Bower (Crowbar, Eyehategod, and Superjoint Ritual)
NOLA metal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_New_Orleans#Heavy_metal)
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on May 30, 2014, 04:18:50 PM
(http://i61.tinypic.com/281v7nr.jpg) Lee Scratch Perry Back On The Controls
This has it's roots firmly in the 70's dub tradition and is all the better for it. I could mix this with a Scientist dubplate and it wouldn't be out of place. The only thing that gives it away is the fidelity of the recordings. A must buy for dub heads and residents of Amsterdam, Colorado and Washington.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on May 31, 2014, 05:31:20 PM
(http://i61.tinypic.com/281v7nr.jpg) Lee Scratch Perry Back On The Controls
This has it's roots firmly in the 70's dub tradition and is all the better for it. I could mix this with a Scientist dubplate and it wouldn't be out of place. The only thing that gives it away is the fidelity of the recordings. A must buy for dub heads and residents of Amsterdam, Colorado and Washington.
sounds really nice in Minnesota...ya der eh?
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: shipsupt on June 03, 2014, 10:42:38 AM
(http://i61.tinypic.com/281v7nr.jpg) Lee Scratch Perry Back On The Controls
This has it's roots firmly in the 70's dub tradition and is all the better for it. I could mix this with a Scientist dubplate and it wouldn't be out of place. The only thing that gives it away is the fidelity of the recordings. A must buy for dub heads and residents of Amsterdam, Colorado and Washington.
sounds really nice in Minnesota...ya der eh?
Dub heads of Maple Grove are of obviously included. (http://i58.tinypic.com/ifzzhk.jpg)
Oh, I just noticed the Beyer DT100's. I've got a pair of those in the wardrobe. I used to use them for live monitoring when recording acoustic guitar.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on June 11, 2014, 07:56:17 PM
(http://i59.tinypic.com/jfkfnp.jpg)
Jack White Lazaretto
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on June 14, 2014, 02:17:07 PM
(http://i58.tinypic.com/9hm4jo.jpg) PlastikMan EX (Performed live at the Guggenheim NYC)
Deep, trippy and minimal. Love it.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: shipsupt on June 14, 2014, 05:00:31 PM
I'm sure I'll grab it, but any comments before I do?
It's a mixed bag, flitting between country, blues rock and Funkadelic style grooves (listen to the title tune Lazaretto (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=qI-95cTMeLM) then Funkadelic's Super Stupid (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=oVHrvx-Ua68). None of it is really offensive, but I found myself gravitating towards the more uptempo tunes.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on June 21, 2014, 05:44:10 PM
These guys seem to occupy some strange space between rock, jazz, prog and they are all the better for it.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: shipsupt on June 21, 2014, 10:27:55 PM
You were the one who got me hooked on the Trio 6. I really dig their stuff now. I'm sure I missed the limited edition white vinyl, but I may grab this one on LP and digital.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: fishski13 on June 21, 2014, 10:46:09 PM
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on July 26, 2014, 01:38:54 PM
(http://i57.tinypic.com/10gzrwl.jpg)
http://www.youtube.com/v/AEz4_X7tshg
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on August 02, 2014, 12:44:39 PM
(http://i61.tinypic.com/yksno.jpg)
Corrosion Of Conformity IX headbang
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: anetode on August 05, 2014, 01:15:52 AM
(http://i.imgur.com/U4oUowh.jpg) FYI RE: Spoon - They Want My Soul
CD Release:
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DR5 -2.59 dB -8.88 dB 01-spoon-rent_i_pay.wav DR5 over -7.19 dB 02-spoon-inside_out.wav DR3 over -4.92 dB 03-spoon-rainy_taxi.wav DR4 over -5.33 dB 04-spoon-do_you.wav DR5 over -6.87 dB 05-spoon-knock_knock_knock.wav DR5 over -5.84 dB 06-spoon-outlier.wav DR4 over -6.07 dB 07-spoon-they_want_my_soul.wav DR4 over -5.34 dB 08-spoon-i_just_dont_understand.wav DR4 over -6.36 dB 09-spoon-let_me_be_mine.wav DR4 over -5.87 dB 10-spoon-new_york_kiss.wav ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of files: 10 Official DR value: DR4
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Mastered for iTunes release:
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Analyzed folder: F:\Music\S\Spoon\They Want My Soul\ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR Peak RMS Filename ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DR5 -3.39 dB -10.71 dB Spoon - They Want My Soul - 01 - Rent I Pay.wav DR6 -0.63 dB -9.00 dB Spoon - They Want My Soul - 02 - Inside Out.wav DR5 over -6.73 dB Spoon - They Want My Soul - 03 - Rainy Taxi.wav DR5 over -7.16 dB Spoon - They Want My Soul - 04 - Do You.wav DR7 over -8.61 dB Spoon - They Want My Soul - 05 - Knock Knock Knock.wav DR6 -0.17 dB -7.66 dB Spoon - They Want My Soul - 06 - Outlier.wav DR6 -0.07 dB -7.89 dB Spoon - They Want My Soul - 07 - They Want My Soul.wav DR6 over -7.12 dB Spoon - They Want My Soul - 08 - I Just Don't Understand.wav DR6 over -8.07 dB Spoon - They Want My Soul - 09 - Let Me Be Mine.wav DR6 over -7.57 dB Spoon - They Want My Soul - 10 - New York Kiss.wav ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of files: 10 Official DR value: DR6
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Vinyl rip:
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Analyzed folder: E:\Spoon - They Want My Soul (2014) [FLAC]\ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR Peak RMS Filename ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DR11 -5.31 dB -18.70 dB 01 - Rent I Pay.wav DR11 -2.75 dB -17.01 dB 02 - Inside Out.wav DR10 -1.34 dB -14.62 dB 03 - Rainy Taxi.wav DR10 -3.02 dB -15.62 dB 04 - Do You.wav DR12 -3.16 dB -17.78 dB 05 - Knock Knock Knock.wav DR10 -1.92 dB -15.50 dB 06 - Outlier.wav DR11 -2.35 dB -15.76 dB 07 - They Want My Soul.wav DR11 -2.12 dB -14.92 dB 08 - I Just Don’t Understand.wav DR11 -2.44 dB -16.44 dB 09 - Let Me Be Mine.wav DR12 -2.43 dB -16.56 dB 10 - New York Kiss.wav ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: Questhate on August 05, 2014, 09:20:06 AM
I was scratching my head when I saw that DR4 because I spun that album all weekend long and thought it sounded surprisingly decent for a modern rock album. Then I saw the vinyl rip numbers, which explains that. Damn shame about that digital version.
The album ROCKS though. Easily one of the best of the year so far.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on August 07, 2014, 07:42:54 PM
(http://i61.tinypic.com/1z6dzxu.jpg) Lawrence English Wilderness of Mirrors
Electronica/ambient/drone
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: shipsupt on August 09, 2014, 03:32:55 PM
"Turn that sh*t up louder! Make it all go faster! Playin through the witching hour Take it to 1000 horsepower!"
Sully and the boys return 4 years later with more of what they do best. If you were expecting Godsmack to be reinvented, to go in a new direction, look elsewhere. If you're a fan and love their late 90's in your face riffs, rhythms, and Sully's unmistakable vocals you are in luck. Powerful and vibrant, I can already see these guys opening a show in hometown Boston with the title track and having the crowd come absolutely unglued. This is an album that's setting up a great tour, there is no doubt about that. Godsmack doesn't disappoint on stage!
There is a some exploration in a few tracks like Nothing Comes Easy with nothing less than a cello solo stuck in the middle! Most of the tracks are the bread and butter metal that the band has served up for nearly two decades. I couldn't be happier that they keep bringing it! headbang
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on August 10, 2014, 02:01:27 PM
Cheers Ship :)p7
I think I prefer this cover... (http://i61.tinypic.com/15gqved.jpg)
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on August 10, 2014, 02:11:59 PM
Linn Records have released two Stevie Wonder albums.
Innervisions (up to 24/96) and Songs In the Key Of Life (up to 24/192)
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Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: shipsupt on August 10, 2014, 09:52:20 PM
I think I prefer this cover... (http://i61.tinypic.com/15gqved.jpg)
I luv Godsmack!! But....so far only Generation Day does anything for me on this new album. 1000hp is pretty decent but it's too far from Godsmack and too close to LA/Hollywood glam rock (LA Guns, GnR, etc) for my tastes. Would have preferred more layering and percussion on that track. I hope they credited Metallica on Nothing Comes Easy.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on August 19, 2014, 05:26:38 AM
Aphex Twin Announces New Album SYRO Via the Deep Web First new album since 2001
A post of my favorite 2014 releases thus far; basically a top 30 with 150 or so other albums listed alphabetically.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: shipsupt on September 15, 2014, 11:22:21 AM
I'm sure it's in MF's post somewhere, what isn't ;), but thought I'd throw up quick one for the new Interpol album, El Pintor. (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a2/Interpol_-_El_Pintor_cover_art.jpg/220px-Interpol_-_El_Pintor_cover_art.jpg)
Seems like some are being a little critical of the album, but I think Interpol has moved back to what works better for them with tracks that resemble the strong stuff from Turn on the Bright Lights and Antics. This album is a radical change for the good when compared to the, what should be forgotten, self titled release.
The first half of the album is definitely stronger. If you're not up for grabbing the whole album, don't miss "My Blue Supreme".
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on September 27, 2014, 03:36:41 PM
(http://i61.tinypic.com/2wp56d4.jpg) Run The Jewels RTJ2
Released October 27th
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: Azteca X on September 27, 2014, 03:39:40 PM
I'm sure it's in MF's post somewhere, what isn't ;), but thought I'd throw up quick one for the new Interpol album, El Pintor. (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a2/Interpol_-_El_Pintor_cover_art.jpg/220px-Interpol_-_El_Pintor_cover_art.jpg)
Seems like some are being a little critical of the album, but I think Interpol has moved back to what works better for them with tracks that resemble the strong stuff from Turn on the Bright Lights and Antics. This album is a radical change for the good when compared to the, what should be forgotten, self titled release.
The first half of the album is definitely stronger. If you're not up for grabbing the whole album, don't miss "My Blue Supreme".
I liked the song but it felt very squashed. Looks like the numbers back me up. http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/view/73549
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: APP on September 27, 2014, 11:51:21 PM
This album download is maybe my best buy this year. The music is a concept album with an almost Pink Floydian vibe, but performed by very good (jazz?) musicians with a healthy bit of ECM influence. It says in the liner notes that the Sennheiser HD800 was used for mixing and mastering and I do think that the album sounds incredible on all my headphones. Lots of depth, an almost 3 dimensional sound stage and a beautiful velvet black background. (http://www.soundliaison.com/images/A_MyMuseImages/Batik%20Hoes%20300%20shadow%20v2.png) http://www.soundliaison.com/ (http://www.soundliaison.com/)
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: burnspbesq on October 02, 2014, 05:12:11 AM
Coming November 24: an album of duets featuring Nels Cline and Julian Lage.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: zerodeefex on October 02, 2014, 06:44:59 AM
Convinced a vinyl head buddy at work to pick up a Hilo. I'll be listening to a vinyl drop of Syro very very soon.
In the interim, for those of you who won't scoff, the new La Roux album is great. I don't know how I missed this in July, but all 9 tracks are just pure pop goodness.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on October 09, 2014, 07:59:15 PM
A bagful of doom...
(http://i58.tinypic.com/2zgwwmd.jpg) Earth Primitive And Deadly
(http://i60.tinypic.com/1zpnvvc.jpg) Orange Goblin Back From The Abyss
(http://i60.tinypic.com/9znhw3.jpg) Electric Wizard Time To Die
(http://i58.tinypic.com/f4fa4n.jpg) Pallbearer Foundations Of Burden
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: zerodeefex on October 15, 2014, 01:25:46 PM
CSO Resound just dropped this album (got their marketing email). I'm sad I wasn't able to be there for the performance but I can't wait to get the recording in hand.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on October 23, 2014, 01:29:31 PM
The Scottish duo Boards Of Canada have re-released for 2014 Hi Scores. Evidently re-recorded and re-mastered from original DAT tapes. Available on vinyl, download and CD.
Thanks for putting up the link. I did mentioned them earlier, but I see from their email they have put forward the release date. I still haven't been sent my pre-order 24bit download yet. Probably on the 27th.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: Hammy on October 25, 2014, 03:50:35 PM
"Soused" by Scott Walker + Sunn O))) was released this week. A good album with Halloween approaching. Album theme is kinda dark and spooky. Available on CD, double LP, and download. Qobuz has it at 24/96.
"Soused" by Scott Walker + Sunn O))) was released this week. A good album with Halloween approaching. Album theme is kinda dark and spooky. Available on CD, double LP, and download. Qobuz has it at 24/96.
I received my LP (plus free downloads) and will sit down and enjoy when the mood is right. I've been a long time Sunn O))) fan and seen them live twice so "dark and spooky" are right up my street. :)p2
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on October 28, 2014, 08:29:10 PM
In the mean time I'm listening to KIASMOS by Kiasmos
(http://i61.tinypic.com/2n9g8pi.jpg)
For me, being a fan of Ólafur Arnalds, I was expecting neo-classical and ambient structures. Pleasantly surprised I'm getting neo-classical minimal techno / tech house.
From Erased Tapes...
Kiasmos is made up of Icelandic BAFTA-winning composer Ólafur Arnalds, known for his unique blend of minimal piano and string compositions with electronic sounds, and Janus Rasmussen from the Faroe Islands, known as the mastermind of the electro-pop outfit Bloodgroup. Based in Reykjavík, Arnalds used to work as a sound engineer, often for Rasmussen's other projects, where the two musicians discovered their common love for minimal, experimental music. They eventually became best friends, often hanging out in their studio, exploring electronic sounds.
After dropping several tracks and performing at select festivals throughout the years, Ólafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen dedicated the year 2014 to explore the area in-between Ólafur’s more acoustic, piano-based solo work and Janus’s synth-heavy electro pop, with their collaborative electronic project Kiasmos.
By focusing solely on their self-titled debut album, Ólafur and Janus have been able to combine and further develop their unique sound aesthetics to complete an album driven by their mutual love for electronic music. Made in Ólafur’s newly build studio in Reykjavík, Iceland, a majority of the album was recorded using acoustic instruments next to a variety of synthesisers, drum machines and tape delays. It features a live drummer, string quartet and Ólafur performing on the grand piano, producing an ambient, textured sound, which makes it a perfect home listen and equally danceable record. If you listen closely, you can spot them record the thumb piano, finger snapping and even the sound of the metal grinder of a lighter slowly to replace the usual electronic hi-hat sounds, giving the album a far more intimate and unique atmosphere.
“We decided to start almost completely over with this record, so most of the material is written this year with the idea of making a record that can stand as one piece rather than a collection of songs. I am very excited to get a proper record out exploring a different territory than I am used to. I touch a lot on electronic genres in my own music but never have the opportunity to go full out electronic like we do here.” – Ólafur Arnalds
“The Kiasmos project has been around since 2009, but because of all our other projects we never really got the time to sit down and write all the tracks we always wanted to. So when we early this year finally found the time to sit down and make a full length album there was so much we wanted to try out. The result surprised us a bit, it's deeper and more emotional than we imagined it to be, but that's the beauty of being able to make an album.” – Janus Rasmussen
Kiasmos – s/t will be released on Double-Vinyl, CD and Download via Erased Tapes on October 27th, 2014.
‘Nothing short of outstanding’ – Crack Magazine 'Striking, graceful and completely naked' 9/10 – Clash 'Kiasmos is all about the slow build’ – The Skinny 'They just make it sound so easy' 8/10 – Drowned In Sound ‘Sumptuous electronica from the Arctic North’ 8/10 – Uncut 'As assured as it is enveloping’ ★★★★ 1/2 – Music OMH 'The realms conjured are as dark as the cover image’ – Artsdesk ‘Light orchestral touches and piano phrases radiate around the production's soft edges’ – Pitchfork
(http://i61.tinypic.com/qnpu0i.jpg)
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: Kirosia on October 28, 2014, 09:41:55 PM
Taylor Swift's 1989. Her ode the '80s, the sounds of synth, and acid choruses that take the form of structured verse. Or something. It's not terrible, with more than a few catchy tracks. Just don't expect Speak Now or Fearless quality, no siree blonde.
Notable tracks- Blank Space, Style, Shake it Off, Clean. To a lesser extent- How You Get the Girl, Wonderland, New Romantics. (Wonderland and New Romantics are Deluxe edition only, I think)
Shake it Off and Style being the major standouts. The former for being seemingly out of place considering the tone of the rest of the album, with it's modern bubble gum pop er.. style. The latter is probably the sole track that actually sounds as if it could've been a forgotten '80s one hit wonder.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: JoelT on October 28, 2014, 09:48:54 PM
I received my LP (plus free downloads) and will sit down and enjoy when the mood is right. I've been a long time Sunn O))) fan and seen them live twice so "dark and spooky" are right up my street.
I got the LP and the CD. The CD because I want a lossless digital version. I like the album.
The LP comes in a PVC outer sleeve. There's concern that PVC sleeves could leach out plasticizer or some other chemical that may damage the vinyl over time. To be safe I'd take the album out of the PVC sleeve. If you want to store the album in an outer sleeve get a different sleeve that is not PVC. There's a thread over on Hoffman Forums about this: http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/warning-to-all-record-collectors-outer-bag-inner-sleeve-concerns.387179/
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on November 11, 2014, 05:25:16 PM
(http://i61.tinypic.com/2ce4sww.jpg) The Budos Band Burnt Offering
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: MuppetFace on November 13, 2014, 01:39:30 PM
GOOD ELECTRONICA:
Clark - Clark 2562 - The New Today Flying Lotus - You're Dead! Vessel - Punish, Honey Lone - Reality Testing Fennesz - Becs Varient - Dreaming Thru Vector Suicideyear - Remembrance Suzi Ecto - Call Super Arca - Xen Objekt - Flatland
GOOD HIP HOP albums, EPs, and mixtapes:
Logic - Under Pressure Vince Staples - Hell Can Wait Mic Jenkins - The Water(s) QuESt - Searching Sylvan Black Milk - If There's A Hell Below... Azealia Banks - Broke With Expensive Taste Uncommon Nasa - New York Telephone Busdriver - Perfect Hair Young Jeezy - Seen It All ...and mothafuckin' RUN THE JEWELS 2! Dayum.
GOOD EVERYTHING ELSE:
Ariel Pink - POM POM Mr. Twin Sister - S/T Parkay Quartz - Content Nausea Perfume Genius - Too Bright Shintaro Sakamoto - Let's Dance Raw Gum Takes Tooth - Mirror's Fold Shit & Shine - Powder Horn Cut Hands - Festival of the Dead Sullflower - Draconis Gridlink - Longhena Godflesh - World Lit Only By Fire Electric Wizard - Time To Die Taurus - No/Thing Vashti Bunyan - Heartleap Alice Gerrard - Follow The Music Bitchin Bajas - S/T Lantlos - Melting Sun Goat - Commune 1349 - Massive Cauldron of Chaos Grouper - Ruins Shamir - Northtown OBNOX - The Juke That Sat In the Corner
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: Sorrodje on November 13, 2014, 03:49:45 PM
I really love Flying Lotus Music but I hate the quality of the recording. That's only me or what ?
It seemed pretty uneven to me, with some tracks' production sounding worse than others. I think it has to do, in part, with how busy some of the tracks are. They end up sounding kinda... cluttered? At around 35 minutes, my biggest complaint was that things seemed a bit too crammed together and jumbled up at times.
The vinyl version sounds better to me however.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: shipsupt on November 14, 2014, 09:59:22 PM
I'm digging You're Dead as well. I think they were going for "something" that at times works, but gets lost at other times through too many layers being caked on.
Edit - MF beat me to it!
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: APP on November 17, 2014, 03:05:12 PM
Highly recommended. This 24/88 has very good placement, good songs and excellent audio quality. (http://s3.amazonaws.com/hdtrack_img/HD886444204361_185.jpg) http://www.hdtracks.com/fanfare (http://www.hdtracks.com/fanfare)
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: shipsupt on November 18, 2014, 10:48:52 AM
Thanks for the recommendation.
Wasn't Fanfare released in 2013?
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: leisuresuede on November 22, 2014, 11:26:56 AM
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: shipsupt on November 24, 2014, 12:10:39 PM
(http://cdn3.pitchfork.com/albums/21149/homepage_large.cbc3ee03.jpg) fugazi - first demo
Simply awesome to hear these guys before the "final touches" were put on music that was eventually released over the decade that passed after they made this demo. It's amazing to see how they really stood out from the hardcore scene there were a strong part of. They obviously cared about how they were recorded, which wasn't true of many artist in the scene at the time.
A must for any fan.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: 6 on November 24, 2014, 06:05:33 PM
Simply awesome to hear these guys before the "final touches" were put on music that was eventually released over the decade that passed after they made this demo. It's amazing to see how they really stood out from the hardcore scene there were a strong part of. They obviously cared about how they were recorded, which wasn't true of many artist in the scene at the time.
A must for any fan.
I've got a few Fugazi albums and Eps *cough nine*. I definitely check that out. Cheers.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: shipsupt on November 30, 2014, 05:32:08 PM
In the mean time I'm listening to KIASMOS by Kiasmos
Just getting around to this one. Good stuff.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: MuppetFace on November 30, 2014, 05:48:59 PM
Objekt's Flatland has real staying power for me; listening to "Dogma" over and over in particular. The groove and drums remind me of Tricky's "Mellow" for some reason.
Portable's "Surrender" is really mellow and great, even if I haven't gotten to into the deep house movement.
Just getting into Andy Stott's Faith In Strangers. Really sprawling sound with shades of Japanese tribal weirdos Vasilisk from time to time.
Lots of hidden gems on bandcamp, too.
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: shipsupt on November 30, 2014, 07:59:22 PM
Objekt's Flatland has real staying power for me; listening to "Dogma" over and over in particular. The groove and drums remind me of Tricky's "Mellow" for some reason.
Groovy. Thanks. Dogma is a standout.
I'm in a mood for this stuff tonight!
Title: Re: New Releases For 2014
Post by: knerian on August 26, 2015, 10:19:25 AM
Probably the announcement that Syro was going to release, which it did about a month after 'tode posted that.
Thanks Quest, i was an Aphex fan in the 90s, the few songs I had from that era were all mp3s, just updated to lossless last night and so am eager to catch up.