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Lobby => Music and Recordings => Topic started by: rhythmdevils on June 04, 2012, 03:16:20 AM
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Post new releases that are good. Sound quality doesn't matter, we're talking good music here. Help us keep in touch with new albums and new artists to appease the headphone Gods!
Questhate, I'm hoping you'll be active in this thread. ;)
Please post the album cover, along with at least a couple sentences about why it's good, or what kind of music it is, or an "if you like X band, you'll probably like this" sort of thing. You can link to some youtube samples if you want.
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Heard them live on Friday. New CD release for the beautiful train wrecks
Adam Sweeny and the Jamboree ..Really cool grassy indie rock . http://www.adamsweeney.net/
The Beautiful Train Wrecks - Damn did they sound good. http://www.beautifultrainwrecks.com/
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Oh and tomorrow checking out The Winebirds. Been over a year since i listened to them live. They will be playing some songs from their new album i imagine. CD release is out for another month however.
http://thewinebirds.com/
THeir 2010 album Seance Hill is a 2010 favorite indie album of mine. They did sound better on the CD than they did live :-[
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and for something more mainstream, my favorite Country artist just released his latest album.
And So it Goes - Don Williams
http://www.amazon.com/And-So-Goes-Don-Williams/dp/B007P5U2T2
What..a brown man can't listen to Country!!?? :P
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Not exactly new since it came out last month, but this is so far album of the year for me. The prog/ambient album by Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree) and Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_Corrosion
This should be the entire album: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87uWayus_Es&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PLC72D23BAC922F469
Added album cover:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/66/Storm_Corrosion_cover.jpg)
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Post album covers! I personally enjoy judging albums by their covers. :-)
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100 more Hammerhead EP's soon (probably to get for >100$ at ebay):
HAMMERHEAD "Once More With Feeling" • Amphetamine Reptile Records
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5hRVxuAPCs&feature=relmfu
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Great idea for a thread! Been listening to these for the past week:
Father John Misty - Fear Fun
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Solo album from the drummer of Fleet Foxes. A bit inconsistent of an album. Some of it approaches cheesy, but it's mostly good.
Nancy from Now On: http://youtu.be/iS84BMFszW0
I'm Writing a Novel: http://youtu.be/WX3ryYYKZhU
Funtimes in Babylon: http://youtu.be/Yp1POn9jSKs
El-P -Cancer 4 Cure
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Fans of El-P's beats should dig this, as it's more over-the-top drum programming and spacy layered synths that assaults your senses. He's grown as a rapper so much since his Company Flow days too.
Tougher Colder Killer: http://youtu.be/1kmI2UdHdlQ
The Full Retard: http://youtu.be/mnZ82fUhOSw
True Story: http://youtu.be/uCpjLqOM1mk
The Walkmen - Heaven
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Not much to say about The Walkmen. They write gloriously catchy little pop tunes.
Heartbreaker: http://youtu.be/5_-QtXBP_F0
Love is Luck: http://youtu.be/jr7mKvoc_H8
Song For Leigh: http://youtu.be/kV-dwUdoJxU
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I like the walkmen CD especially Song For Leigh. As for me, I'm listening to this new release at the moment...
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I'm liking the Father John Misty album so far. Awesome voice. Do you notice the distortion in his voice? Is that distortion? Doesn't really bother me, but in light of the recent discussion about clipping it seems worth investigating. Agreed about the slight cheeze, but I like a little cheeze. What's up with the song about oil? I think he pulls it off in the end.
Also digging the new Walkmen. Though I miss the "glassy guitars and cymbals" sound of their previous two albums. Need to listen more, it'll probably grow on me.
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Not exactly new since it came out last month, but this is so far album of the year for me. The prog/ambient album by Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree) and Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_Corrosion
This should be the entire album: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87uWayus_Es&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PLC72D23BAC922F469
Added album cover:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/66/Storm_Corrosion_cover.jpg)
Hell yeah! I'm a huge Opeth fan and have recently gotten into Porcupine Tree. Great album, though quite different and entirely unlike Opeth or PT. Sound quality is actually pretty good, too!
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Love the new Fiona Apple so much...
(http://www.muumuse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/fiona-apple_idler-wheel_COVER.jpg)
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Love the new Fiona Apple so much...
(http://www.muumuse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/fiona-apple_idler-wheel_COVER.jpg)
I love the tunes, but is it overly compressed to you? I don't know what it is, but something sounds off on the recording compared to her earlier albums.... maybe it's just me.
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Yep, new Walkmen is excellent. Lisbon soars in parts, but Heaven is more immediate and accessible. Could be their High Violet, drawing new listeners in to discover past gems.
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Two local artists here in POrtland i like a lot. Very talented folks.
Quiet Countries - Headphone Party
http://quietcountries.bandcamp.com/
(http://f0.bcbits.com/z/19/78/1978545488-1.jpg)
Boy Eats Drum Machine - The Battle
http://boyeatsdrummachine.bandcamp.com/album/the-battle
(http://f0.bcbits.com/z/11/45/1145358060-1.jpg)
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I love the new Beach House album - Bloom. Really gorgeous dreamy space pop.
(http://c305032.r32.cf1.rackcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/beach_house_bloom_f251d544.jpg)
Also really like Mount Eeire - Clear Moon. Such a unique sound. Very well recorded, but lots of distortion. I seem to like everything this guy makes. This album is pretty similar to "Wind's Poem". Not sure if I like either one more at this point.
(http://cdn.stereogum.com/files/2012/05/Mount-Eerie-Clear-Moon.jpg)
He's also just announced another album coming out in September called "Ocean Roar", which is kind of meant to be this album's evil twin. Here's what he says about "Ocean Roar"
[Ocean Roar] acts as a counterpoint to the soft synth walls and landscape pondering of Clear Moon, presenting the opposite of that album’s clear glints of awareness: a total wall of blue-grey oceanic fog, a half remembered dream of a trip through dense old growth hills to the gnarly winter ocean, in the middle of the night, decades ago. This album is the audio equivalent of the blanket of thick dark water vapor that covers the Pacific Northwest for most of the year, revealing only brief glimpses of illumination.
Can't wait to hear it!
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Yup..Beach house is great stuff..Been listening to the new album regularly the last month or so. already bought tickets for their sept 30th concert here in Portland.
Their previous album Devotion is excellent as well.
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Both this release and Teen Dream were pretty solid.
And it's stuff like that make me want to try out vinyl despite all it's problems:
http://www.dr.loudness-war.info/index.php?search_artist=beach+house&search_album=
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I love the tunes, but is it overly compressed to you? I don't know what it is, but something sounds off on the recording compared to her earlier albums.... maybe it's just me.
Hmm.. I haven't listened to this much in my main system, mainly just in my car and through my phone --> V-Modas, but honestly I didn't notice anything off too bad. It's certainly not as bad as most recordings I listen to though.
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+1 for the new Beach House (as well as Teen Dream and Devotion). Seriously good stuff.
I haven't given that Mount Eerie a proper listen yet. Been too busy listening to the Microphones stuff I ordered a while back that RD posted.
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The Glow Pt 2? So good! That album + beer + mackies = win I have some good college memories of that combo :-)
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For those who like progressive dance music, Jody Wisternoff's "Trails We Blaze" (Anjunadeep) is really nice. He's half of Way Out West with Nick Warren. The album has the same pristine, beautiful production of Way Out West's "We Love Machine", but with a heavy summer vibe. I've linked some tracks off of the album below:
(vocal tracks)
Out Of Reach (feat. Jonathan Mendelsohn): www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZRKuco2Y6s&hd=1
Just One More (feat. Pete Josef): www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWkE5wrBmi8&hd=1
(instrumental)
Babylon Calling (Original Mix): www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmY_RrL4ER8&hd=1
Red Stripes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lslf3Y5uxQs&hd=1
(http://uploads.dancingastronaut.com/2012/05/FileItem-240468-JodyWisternoffTrails_we_blaze_WEBt.jpeg)
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I love the tunes, but is it overly compressed to you? I don't know what it is, but something sounds off on the recording compared to her earlier albums.... maybe it's just me.
Hmm.. I haven't listened to this much in my main system, mainly just in my car and through my phone --> V-Modas, but honestly I didn't notice anything off too bad. It's certainly not as bad as most recordings I listen to though.
You're probably right, given.... http://www.dr.loudness-war.info/details.php?id=22468
Upon another listen, it's the EQ across the album. The bass seems bloated on a few songs with my travel setup - I'll have to see how it sounds at home.
And definitely +2 for Beach House. You guys have great taste in music.
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Some excellent music being discussed here. I really liked Teen Dream and Bloom is slowly resonating. Thanks for the Father John Misty and EL-P reco too Questhate. Good stuff!
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Chromatics - Kill for Love
(http://www.israbox.com/uploads/posts/2012-03/1332887429_cover.jpg)
80's laced synth pop. Check it out if you enjoyed the Drive and Bronson soundtracks.
Lady http://youtu.be/tbx8qRg6tPE
Kill for Love http://youtu.be/c0mxXrHowHQ
Into the Black http://youtu.be/rSycSBYHitc
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Some excellent music being discussed here. I really liked Teen Dream and Bloom is slowly resonating. Thanks for the Father John Misty and EL-P reco too Questhate. Good stuff!
No prob. If you liked the El-P, it's also worth checking out Killer Mike's R.A.P. Music album. El-P produced this album at the same time as Cancer 4 Cure, and they were released a week apart so the two records are sorta joined at the hip. Production isn't quite as dense and frenetic, and El-P uses a touch more jazz and soul samples, but it's definitely cut from the same cloth. Killer Mike is a better rapper than El-P too if you can get over his southern drawl.
And I love that Chromatics record. Kill for Love and Lady are my favorite tracks as well.
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Yeah, really enjoying El-P through the LCD-2. Will check out Killer Mike. Cheers.
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Looking forward to this
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh8OTO4wSMs
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New album is out by The WInebirds.
Pay what you wat digital download
Check it out.
thewinebirds.bandcamp.com
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The new Dirty Projectors record officially comes out today.
Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
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I seem to be the only person on Earth that couldn't get into Bitte Orca. I can respect that they want to be eccentric and challenging, but that album just didn't resonate with me.
This new one still has that oft-kilter touch, but is much more accessible although less adventurous. Love the vocal harmonies throughout this record, and I feel the songwriting is stronger overall.
About to Die: http://youtu.be/7Tblyk0C4TM
Dance For You: http://youtu.be/MJutn2OXDZE
Gun Has No Trigger: http://youtu.be/o_qFaFl7JVc
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Heard Gun Has No Trigger on the drive to work this morning. What a cool groove. Didn't know about the new DP. I can appreciate someone not "getting" Bitte Orca. It borders on indulgent in parts but there are also moments of brilliance. Can't wait to hear the new album in full.
New Band of Horses as well? Man what a great year for music.
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It is seriously a great year for music.
SO many new albums being released.
Here's another one being announced by one of the original Portland Inide bands, The Helio Sequence.
THeir last album was just straight out perky tits.
This one is called Negotiations.
Free download of their song October from it.
http://www.pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/13867-october/
(http://a5.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Music/v4/e1/f5/8a/e1f58a7f-8cac-fc60-b9c1-bea4e7e6ef92/TheHelioSequence_Negotiations.170x170-75.jpg)
Album release in September.
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The new Dirty Projectors record officially comes out today.
Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
(http://images.hhv.de/catalog/old_detail/00279/279814.jpg)
I seem to be the only person on Earth that couldn't get into Bitte Orca. I can respect that they want to be eccentric and challenging, but that album just didn't resonate with me.
This new one still has that oft-kilter touch, but is much more accessible although less adventurous. Love the vocal harmonies throughout this record, and I feel the songwriting is stronger overall.
About to Die: http://youtu.be/7Tblyk0C4TM
Dance For You: http://youtu.be/MJutn2OXDZE
Gun Has No Trigger: http://youtu.be/o_qFaFl7JVc
Been loving this album since release!
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The new Dirty Projectors record officially comes out today.
I seem to be the only person on Earth that couldn't get into Bitte Orca. I can respect that they want to be eccentric and challenging, but that album just didn't resonate with me.
This new one still has that oft-kilter touch, but is much more accessible although less adventurous. Love the vocal harmonies throughout this record, and I feel the songwriting is stronger overall.
Odd. I think Bitte Orca was a bit more accessible and didn't really get into the new one as much on first listen.
I'm sure a few more spins will fix that.
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The Shins - Port of Morrow
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61SiOCClYlL._SS400_.jpg)
A bit late to this one. Never been a huge Shins fan but I heard this live rendition on the drive to work the other day. It seemed very different to the twangy, off kilter hipster wankery I usually associate with The Shins. A more mature album on first listen.
http://youtu.be/Fub1AQMJjbA?hd=1&t=52s
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Has anyone listened to the new Ladyhawke album? I quite liked her first album...
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Sigur Ros - Valtari
(http://cdn.stereogum.com/files/2012/04/sigur-ros-valtari-608x5231.jpg)
So beautiful.
http://youtu.be/Gf1h2PMPCAo?hd=1
http://youtu.be/EQNiK2dQvT0
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Let's keep this thread going boys!
I think Mount Erie's new album Ocean Roar is brilliant.
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This thread has exposed me to some really great new music. I'm all for keeping it alive!
Took a few listens but I'm really digging the eccentricities on this one. Expected to be challenged with overindulgence. Nope. Album is in heavy rotation at the moment -
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Who - http://youtu.be/hpPYKJAnwUo?hd=1 (http://youtu.be/hpPYKJAnwUo?hd=1)
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I've been gravitating toward the new Grizzly Bear album lately. I love all the layers and textures throughout this album. My only gripe is the sound quality is very compressed, but not sure if it's just the pre-release rips that are out. I guess I'll find out once the retail comes out.
(http://sidewalkhustle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Grizzly-Bear-Shields-Album-Art-.jpg)
Here's the first couple of singles:
Sleeping Ute: http://youtu.be/Hk3tURx8a2Q
Yet Again: http://youtu.be/bteY_fs3Y18
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And +1 on that Mount Eerie album. It is bloody fantastic.
Having a hard time getting into the David Byrne/St Vincent though.
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Was never much into St. Vincent but I'm lovin' the collaboration.
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Patrick Watson's new album is pretty good on my first run through. Sounds in line with his previous two albums which are both really good IMO. Not sure how to describe it, maybe space folk. He's got a beautiful voice. Very unique.
(http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4why0rH6m1qg2wjo.jpg)
Not really sure which song to link to yet but here's the title track http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD7Z0cmxQRc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD7Z0cmxQRc)
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Here's another one being announced by one of the original Portland Inide bands, The Helio Sequence.
THeir last album was just straight out perky tits.
This one is called Negotiations.
I liked the video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss1-5VeMgpo) for this album that you posted in the shout box. Lots of local sites to try to recognize along with RCM spinning vinyl. And new music for me (I actually hadn't heard anything by Helio Sequence before).
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Was I the only one who found Valtari underwhelming? I like Sigur Ros but this last album... Boring might be the word?
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I love the new album. :-*
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I am loving this album
http://www.thisisthemilk.com/
The pool studio videos are great
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I hadn't listened to much M&S until a few days ago but this album immediately struck a chord. It may well be amongst my top 3 favourite releases of the year.
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The MoFi reissue of Los Lobos' By the Light of the Moon is fabulous.
I also like the new Beth Orton record (yeah, I know, Amazon says the release date is 10/6, but Anti often ships early to customers who buy from its website).
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Been enjoying this album a lot today:
(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120911093643/lyricwiki/images/7/7b/Melody's_Echo_Chamber_-_Melody's_Echo_Chamber.jpg)
Didn't know too much about it, but gave it a shot based on the guy from Tame Impala producing it. It has that hazy, dreamy, psychedelic fuzz like the Tame Impala record. Sorta reminds me of Broadcast, but more accessible.
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Nice I'll have to check that out!
Mono's new album For My Parents is pretty good based on a couple listens so far. For those who don't know this band, you might want to start with their previous album "Hymn to the Immortal Wind". They're a Japanese metal band, my favorite metal band for sure and one of the few I really love and listen to. They are the inspiration for the band Explosions in the Sky. Gorgeous, super epic, slow building. This album is a bit happier and sounds more Japanese than the others somehow to me. But still has that sound that is somehow like a beautiful apocalypse. headbang
(http://thesilvertongueonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/mono-album.jpg)
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Honestly, I don't know why I haven't posted more in these music threads here (and on head-fi). Music is a large part of my life, and I've been in major explore-mode for years. I guess I just feel a little awkward jumping in, spouting off recs and stuff.
I've been enjoying Swan's "The Seer" quite a bit, as well as the reissue of "Burning World." Those are bigguns. Also really digging the Cut Hands project by the guy from Whitehouse. Some other albums of note recently IMO:
Loscil "Coast/Range/Arc"
La Sera "Sees the Light"
Monarch "Omens"
Keiji Haino "Imikuzushi"
Demdike Stare "Elemental"
Voices from the Lake "S/T"
Alva Noto & Blixa Bargeld "Mimikry"
Monolake "Ghosts"
Mouse on Mars "Parastrophics"
Secrets of the Moon "Seven Bells"
Worm Ouroboros "Come the Thaw"
Alcest "Les Voyages de L'ame"
Sigh "In Somniphobia"
Mount Eerie "Ocean Roar"
Mount Eerie "Clear Moon"
Ufomammut "Oro-Opus Primum"
Tennis "Young and Old"
Memoryhouse "The Slideshow Effect"
Porcelain Raft "Strange Weekend"
Frankie Rose "Intersteller"
Julie Holter "Ekstasis"
Beach House "Bloom"
Still Corners "Creatures of an Hour"
Mournful Congregation "Book of Kings"
Baroness "Yellow & Green"
Ahab "The Giant"
Ty Segall Band "Slaughterhouse"
Actress "RIP"
Frank Ocean "Channel Orange"
Laurel Halo "Quarantine"
DIIV "Oshin"
Twin Shadow "Confess"
A Place to Bury Strangers "Worship"
Mono "For My Parents"
Ariel Pink "Mature Themes"
Chrome Waves "S/T"
Evoken "Atra Mors"
Nachmystium "Silencing Machine"
Deathspell Omega "Drought"
Stars "North"
Wild Nothing "Nocturne"
Purity Ring "Shrines"
Fresh & Onlys "Long Slow Dance"
Best Coast "The Only Place"
Blouse "S/T"
Nadja "Excision"
2:54 "S/T"
Peaking Lights "Lucifer"
Dirty Projectors "Swing Lo Magellan"
Ruins Alone "S/T"
I did not enjoy the new Animal Collective very much at all. I'm *really* looking forward to the new Flying Lotus however, which will be released next week.
Also for those who like underground metal, the new Worship album will be out soon. Probably the most important doom release since the last Corrupted.
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Now that is a list! Lots of good stuff on there, and lots to check out that I haven't heard yet.
RE: Animal Collective -- I was very disappointed in it when I first heard it. I did force myself to keep listening because I was seeing them live and I must admit it grew on me a bit. I especially like the Rosie Oh --> Applesauce --> Wide Eyed --> Father Time. But yeah, it doesn't hold a candle to their older stuff, imo.
And the new FlyLo is SO good. Been listening to it non stop this week.
I'm really looking forward to the Tame Impala and Titus Andronicus albums.
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I find the discussion/debates about gear stale and futile at the moment. Discovering and enjoying music is centre-stage once again and I gravitate to this thread when it is updated.
Will have to work through some of the suggestions here when I can tear myself away from Mumford & Sons. Don't often get to see bands I'm into tour my neck of the woods and I've just learnt they're playing here in a month and my cousin scored some free tickets. Psyched!
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Now that is a list! Lots of good stuff on there, and lots to check out that I haven't heard yet.
RE: Animal Collective -- I was very disappointed in it when I first heard it. I did force myself to keep listening because I was seeing them live and I must admit it grew on me a bit. I especially like the Rosie Oh --> Applesauce --> Wide Eyed --> Father Time. But yeah, it doesn't hold a candle to their older stuff, imo.
And the new FlyLo is SO good. Been listening to it non stop this week.
I'm really looking forward to the Tame Impala and Titus Andronicus albums.
Agree 100% on Centipede Hz. First listen I really didn't enjoy it, but I'm finding some really good nuances in each song that I'm latching onto. Wide Eyed is far and away my favorite song - pretty sure it's the first one Deakin sings? I think this is the most Avey Tare-heavy album in terms of writing, too. I've always preferred Panda Bear's stuff.
Come on let let let let let let let let let goooooooo.
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Going through The Seer. It's a violent and cacophonous maelstrom to endure for glimpses of brilliance. A challenge on first listen.
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I know EitS through the Friday Night Lights soundtrack. Must check out MONO.
Found this stunning clip -
http://youtu.be/usHC-O1BPCM?hd=1
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I'm *really* looking forward to the new Flying Lotus however, which will be released next week.
And the new FlyLo is SO good. Been listening to it non stop this week.
Digging it, thanks for the recommendations!
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I've been gravitating toward the new Grizzly Bear album lately. I love all the layers and textures throughout this album. My only gripe is the sound quality is very compressed, but not sure if it's just the pre-release rips that are out. I guess I'll find out once the retail comes out.
(http://sidewalkhustle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Grizzly-Bear-Shields-Album-Art-.jpg)
Here's the first couple of singles:
Sleeping Ute: http://youtu.be/Hk3tURx8a2Q (http://youtu.be/Hk3tURx8a2Q)
Yet Again: http://youtu.be/bteY_fs3Y18 (http://youtu.be/bteY_fs3Y18)
Getting so sick and tired of this shit....
You would think that with a voice so beautiful and such an individual sound, the record company would have kept the dynamic range intact.... facepalm facepalm facepalm facepalm facepalm
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Getting so sick and tired of this shit....
You would think that with a voice so beautiful and such an individual sound, the record company would have kept the dynamic range intact.... facepalm facepalm facepalm facepalm facepalm
You would think. Not a new release, but I was finally able to track down a SS copy of one of my all time favorite albums in the LE hard cover. The CD is very good and very well produced, but the vinyl was cut straight from the analog master, no digital conversion. Very excited to get this one in.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QOIiMKliL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
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Lttp with these guys. Not sure what to make of this new release on initial listen though. There's some good stuff here but I don't know if I can get past how derivative the whole thing is.
(http://www.tameimpala.com/webroot/images/site/lonerism.jpg)
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Nice. I just got this as well, but haven't listened yet.
I love both singles I've heard (Apocalypse Dreams and Elephant) as well as the new songs they played at their last show here in August.
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The album is decent enough but I loathe the mastering on this one.
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The album is decent enough but I loathe the mastering on this one.
Yeah, I know what you mean. This album bothers me more than most mastering jobs as well. On top of being compressed, they do weird things with the volume levels and weird phasing (to try to make it sound more psychedelic, I assume). In the end, it sounds like an unmastered demo tape. Why did I invest in hifi equipment to play this back???
I'm really digging the music on this regardless though. Their sound is right in my wheel house. Sounds like Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds took another dose for good measure. :)p7
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Which member of the Beatles is it that the Tame Impala guy sounds like? I don't know the individual Beatles well enough to say but it sounds exactly like one of them... I'm guessing it's Paul.
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Yeah, I was wondering if they did that to sound more psychedelic but in the end they managed to sound like music I end up never coming back to. Initially I loved the Elephant with its brash stride but there are only so many elephants I can take prancing across my brain.
Fuzzy guitar can sound good without the crazy compression. Fuzz has to have great texture but I don't see it here. For great fuzz I recommend the Truckfighters. Odd that my favorite desert rock band comes from Sweden.
http://youtu.be/TSovceVWivA
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Not sure what I'm listening to, but I think I dig it. Is this... is this what the future sounds like?
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Noted, Mono...
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Which member of the Beatles is it that the Tame Impala guy sounds like? I don't know the individual Beatles well enough to say but it sounds exactly like one of them... I'm guessing it's Paul.
Ha! You're the second person that I know to comment that this guy sounds exactly like Paul McCartney.
Not sure what I'm listening to, but I think I dig it. Is this... is this what the future sounds like?
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Oh man, if you really want to hear the future, check out Cosmogramma:
(http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/flying_lotus-cosmogramma.jpg)
I still find Cosmogramma to be his most compelling work. It's more focused, and cohesive with themes that flesh out better (IMHO). I still REALLY like the new one a lot, but probably my least favorite of his full-length releases.
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Lots of Coil (I listen to the entire catalogue from start to end at least once a year), Ishq's "Deep Space Objects", loads of Steve Roach, etc.
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Speaking of Coil, I've been meaning to find the soundtrack to Enter the Void...
Man, that film screwed me up something fierce...
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QH, I'll look into Cosmo. Thanks for the reco.
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Bat for Lashes - The Haunted Man
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0c/Bat_for_Lashes_-_The_Haunted_Man_cover.jpg)
I loved Two Suns and listened to it so much that I can now barely endure it in its entirety. The Haunted Man immediately reaffirms my love for Natasha Khan and her voice. I'm not a Kate Bush aficionado but this is the comparison I drew when her music was unfamiliar. This new album is more sparse than Two Suns, less upbeat with no obvious singles, though it may just be more arresting as a whole.
Laura - http://youtu.be/UznHTBZIa8E?hd=1 (http://youtu.be/UznHTBZIa8E?hd=1)
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Yes! Excited about the new Bat for Lashes record as well. Two Suns got tons of play from me -- especially "Daniel".
I actually just put on Two Suns since you mentioned it. It's nice to re-discover albums that I love that pre-dated my interest in headphones.
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Yeah I've just cycled to Two Suns. The presence of drums and bass is jarring after the softer ballads on The Haunted Man. God TS is magnificent.
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Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but didn't want to start an unnecessary thread so here goes:
Does anyone know if the 24/96 HD Tracks version of Norah Jones "Come Away With Me" is the same master as the original CD version? I have the original CD and vinyl, the vinyl is just great, but the CD is horribly (audibly) crushed/over-limited in some places. Just wondering if the HD Tracks version will be the same. I don't want to fork out the cash for it, if it's also crushed. Got bitten once by them before with the SACD version of The Who's "Tommy", which is horribly over-limited. If you ask me, 32 float/192 or 8/22, it doesn't really matter either way if the mastering is crap...
Anyone got it and can confirm it's good?
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The DR on the HDTracks version is better than the CD version, but don't know anything about the LP.
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Thanks for the reply, I will probably risk buying it then! Such a shame that such a wonderful album was in some sense ruined by poor mastering on the original CD.
The vinyl version doesn't exhibit the audible distortion that the CD does.
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I'm liking these 3 new albums quite a bit.
How to Dress Well - Total Loss
Kind of a weird band name. Not sure how to describe this. It's like slower, blissed out Frank Ocean. I like it better than the FO album personally.
(http://prettymuchamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/How-To-Dress-Well-Total-Loss.jpg)(http://cdn.tss.uproxx.com/TSS/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/How-to-Dress-Well-Total-Loss-album.jpg)
Angus Stone - Broken Brights
Like Cass McCombs kind of mellow tone but with more of a folk/americana influence and sound. Sound quality is awesome.
(http://media.musicfeeds.com.au/files/9a69c86fbcd7533d851aec9b67271f4e-576x576.jpg)
Wild Nothing - Nocturne
A slightly dancey/rockier Beach House? Or at least more upbeat, but it has a similar sound - that glassy shoegaze pop sound. Not as good IMO, but you should check it out if you like BH.
(http://www.israbox.com/uploads/posts/2012-07/1342864872_wild-nothing-nocturne.jpg)
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I'm a big fan of Wild Nothing. I'd also suggest checking out these bands if you like dream pop / bedroom pop:
Beach Fossils
Craft Spells
DIIV
Frankie Rose
The Minks
Peaking Lights
Porcelain Raft
Seapony
Zola Jesus
I've also been enjoying Ariel Pink's Mature Themes quite a bit. "Symphony of the Nymph" is a great song.
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Cool! I'll check those out. Need to look into the list you posted previously too.
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Frankie Rose's "Know Me"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DArPtS8QSwE
Beach Fossils' "Fall Right In"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMvhso9O1io
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Bahamas - Barchords
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Released earlier this year but this album is new to me. Dived in after hearing this track on Radio Paradise (http://www.radioparadise.com/rp_2.php?#) -
Lost in the Light - http://youtu.be/jPJNt1eTVNY?hd=1
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Yo, opera fans:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/burnspbesq/61AUXQSNQSL_SS400_.jpg)
All-superstar cast, all at the top of their game. Nezet-Seguin, who killed it on the Met "Carmen" DVD, kills it again.
Absolutely worth owning.
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The new Sea and Cake is reeeeally good. These guys are kind of hit or miss with me, but Runner is definitely a hit IMHO.
(http://cdn3.pitchfork.com/news/47265/10f8f302.jpg)
On the other side of the sonic spectrum, Worship's new album Terranean Wake is out now. Very gloomy funeral doom for you metalheads who like to take it slow.
(http://www.metal-archives.com/images/3/5/2/9/352957.jpg?3403)
I'm a wee bit disappointed by Craft Spells' "Gallery" EP. Nothing really grabbed me. Also for those who said "give the newest Animal Collective a chance, it'll grow on you," I'm sorry to say it hasn't happened. Still not liking it.
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Yeah -- I was disappointed by Gallery as well. Shame because I loved Idle Labor. Such a fun little album that dominated my playlists last summer.
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Yeah -- I was disappointed by Gallery as well. Shame because I loved Idle Labor. Such a fun little album that dominated my playlists last summer.
I loved Idle Labor. That defined my last summer too, along with the Minks' LP.
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The indie avant-garde band Stolen Babies have finally released what is for me a much awaited second album, Naught. Feel free to give the album a quick listen on Amazon audio clips and see if it appeals to you, the link is at the bottom. I highly recommend giving their song, Splatter, on Myspace a listen, it's a real nice tune. The MySpace link is also below
(http://exclaim.ca/images/Stolen-Babies-Naught-.jpg)
Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Naught-Stolen-Babies/dp/B00968QKYC/ref=sr_1_1_digr?ie=UTF8&qid=1351229343&sr=8-1 (http://www.amazon.com/Naught-Stolen-Babies/dp/B00968QKYC/ref=sr_1_1_digr?ie=UTF8&qid=1351229343&sr=8-1)
MySpace
http://www.myspace.com/stolenbabies (http://www.myspace.com/stolenbabies)
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Om "Advaitic Songs"
Very well done stoner rock with classical eastern influences.
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More crazy 20th century symphonic fun. Gardner and the BBCSO really get ol' Witold.
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Om "Advaitic Songs"
Very well done stoner rock with classical eastern influences.
As a Kyuss-appreciative I've seen this suggestion too many times to ignore it. 'Om' will be placed on the immediate short list.
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I saw Xavier Rudd play probably one of his very first gigs at my university some years ago. I never really appreciated his music until recently. Heard the song Spirit Bird on Radio Paradise and was immediately struck by its scope. The album is just as majestic.
http://youtu.be/TmxSxKxBbQE (http://youtu.be/TmxSxKxBbQE) - Spirit Bird
http://youtu.be/0E1bNmyPWww?hd=1 - Follow the Sun
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Just shouted this:
Here are 2 of my favorite artists together for the first time: Hélène Grimaud & Sol Gabetta / DUO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MNczOJVBhnQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MNczOJVBhnQ)
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I saw Xavier Rudd play probably one of his very first gigs at my university some years ago. I never really appreciated his music until recently. Heard the song Spirit Bird on Radio Paradise and was immediately struck by its scope. The album is just as majestic.
http://youtu.be/TmxSxKxBbQE (http://youtu.be/TmxSxKxBbQE) - Spirit Bird
http://youtu.be/0E1bNmyPWww?hd=1 - Follow the Sun
oh dude.. he is so amazing live.. saw him in october..the best night of the year..pure raw energy. then got to meet him after the show!
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Love this thread, keep it up!
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I really like Xavier Rudd's music, thanks for the recommendation :)p6
...Also found out about the Mynabirds and La Sera on the shoutbox today, from sachu I think.
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...Also found out about the Mynabirds and La Sera on the shoutbox today, from sachu I think.
Wasn't it QH who was talking about seeing La Sera live? Lucky bastard.
I'm really, really digging the new Godspeed You! Black Emperor, "Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!" Despite their pretentious naming schemes and fixation on exclamation marks.
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Wasn't it QH who was talking about seeing La Sera live?
Now that you mention it, yeah it probly was QH :D Haha, I remember the same convo also recommending a band called Sarsaparrilla, which was an Oregonian band (another great recommendation too btw) so I thought of sachu.
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Yeah, Mynabirds played at the DOug fir yesterday.
Went to Sasparilla on saturday as well. They kinda sucked live. Fruition who started out busking on street corners in Portland played after them and were way better. Check them out.
This weekend, Minus the Bear on friday and Rachel yamagata on Saturday :)
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Just shouted this:
Here are 2 of my favorite artists together for the first time: Hélène Grimaud & Sol Gabetta / DUO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MNczOJVBhnQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MNczOJVBhnQ)
Listening to the 96/24 file from HDTracks now. Excellent!
Have you heard the Faure quintets album by Eric LeSage and Quatuor Ebene?
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Wasn't it QH who was talking about seeing La Sera live? Lucky bastard.
Don't meant to rub it in, but I got to meet Katy Goodman! She was hanging out at the merch booth mingling with the crowd before her set. Her tour had just swung through Portland before making it to us, and we were debating on SF vs. Portland being the hipster capital of the West Coast. She is mad cool and down to earth. Didn't think to take a picture with her though :(
Took a couple of pics during their set. One from up close where I was during most of the set, and one taken from the upstairs bar.
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I stopped going to gigs a few years ago, but I have Radiohead to look forward to this weekend! Dirty Projectors and David Byrne and St Vincent are in my neck of the woods in January. Can't wait.
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Don't meant to rub it in, but I got to meet Katy Goodman! She was hanging out at the merch booth mingling with the crowd before her set. Her tour had just swung through Portland before making it to us, and we were debating on SF vs. Portland being the hipster capital of the West Coast. She is mad cool and down to earth. Didn't think to take a picture with her though :(
Took a couple of pics during their set. One from up close where I was during most of the set, and one taken from the upstairs bar.
Awesome. That's so cool!
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I wasn't really that taken by Dirty Projector's Swing Lo Magellan. Gave it another spin and it suddenly clicked. It's now up there with my faves for the year. I may actually like it more than Bitte Orca.
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I freakin' love The Postal Service and have only just found out vocalist Ben Gibbard is DCfC's singer. I had a preconceived notion of what type of music Death Cab played without being that familiar with their work and have perhaps subconsciously avoided them as a result. This album doesn't quite reach the heights of Give Up but it is laced with some of that magic. Looking forward to diving into DCfC's catalogue.
Unobstructed Views - http://youtu.be/fsF3EUVvwPs
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Just shouted this:
Here are 2 of my favorite artists together for the first time: Hélène Grimaud & Sol Gabetta / DUO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MNczOJVBhnQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MNczOJVBhnQ)
Listening to the 96/24 file from HDTracks now. Excellent!
Have you heard the Faure quintets album by Eric LeSage and Quatuor Ebene?
Just previewed the Faure, sounds great!
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I freakin' love The Postal Service and have only just found out vocalist Ben Gibbard is DCfC's singer. I had a preconceived notion of what type of music Death Cab played without being that familiar with their work and have perhaps subconsciously avoided them as a result. This album doesn't quite reach the heights of Give Up but it is laced with some of that magic. Looking forward to diving into DCfC's catalogue.
Unobstructed Views - http://youtu.be/fsF3EUVvwPs
Yep -- I'd start with Transatlanticism, which is the high point in their catalog, IMHO.
Ben Gibbard (now known as Benjamin Gibbard, cause he's all grown up now) just released a solo album last month. I gave it a once-through but wasn't too impressed with any of it other than a couple of tracks.
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I've been sleeping on Xavier Rudd. Just got his latest album, and gonna dive in tonight.
And +1 on the new Godspeed You! Black Emperor. I'm digging that as well. Been capping my night off with that album for the past few weeks.
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I've been sleeping on Xavier Rudd. Just got his latest album, and gonna dive in tonight.
And +1 on the new Godspeed You! Black Emperor. I'm digging that as well. Been capping my night off with that album for the past few weeks.
By coincidence, I just got the new GY!BE album as well as Death Cab's Transatlanticism and Plans albums. I've also been listening to the Postal Service for years now, but never knew DCFC's vocalist was the same guy.
I'm liking all of them. The GY!BE album was surprising because I thought it was an ambient/drone album at first, until the guitars kicked in :)
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The GY!BE album was surprising because I thought it was an ambient/drone album at first, until the guitars kicked in :)
I love the opening to "Mladic" with the twanging guitars that almost sound like seagulls. My favorite opening of theirs however is still "Suite 1: Storm" from Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven. The first 7 minutes or so gives me this mental image of some royal procession approaching from down the road and eventually going by, clad in courtly garb with banners, trumpeters, cartwheeling acrobats, and a gilded royal sedan chair.
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Mark Knopfler's new album Privateering deserves mention. I don't like all the songs, but many of them are pretty damn good. Borders on the cheezy or sentimental at times but I like some of that. Surprisingly good songs. I think it probably could have been condensed into a single CD release though. I'll be deleting or hiding some of the louder songs. But on the whole, I like this much better than all but Dire Straits' first s/t album.
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A Fine Frenzy - Pines
(http://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/covers/pines.jpg)
Not my favorite album of theirs, first half is bit too folksy (if that's even a quantifiable thing), with less of an intimate lyrical quality. But I can see how some could love it, or at least try to learn to.
Avalanches: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTiWGOYEUyM
It's Alive: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJOjiMC-Z4I
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Dainty, yet eclectic FotM Aussie indie pop. Shades of Vampire Weekend, with some catchy hooks.
Wild Things - http://youtu.be/h32_wNcjLZA?hd=1
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This album is awesome.
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9iy6bGP2r1qiu5q9_1346256517_cover.jpg)
Here's a song from the album on soundcloud http://soundcloud.com/asaf-avidan/asaf-avidan-different-pulses
Youtube video of him singing an older song live acoustic. This album is less acoustic and has a different feel but you get the idea http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A16VcQdTL80 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A16VcQdTL80)
Here's another acoustic song with a cello. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA5uKbzTh18 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA5uKbzTh18)
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Really digging the new Ty Segall:
(http://exclaim.ca/images/ty9.jpg)
Handglams: http://youtu.be/45CfrWWtgRw
You're the Doctor: http://youtu.be/Zm4ge8iOcoY
Love Fuzz: http://youtu.be/ljxUT4jaxHA
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Big Boi - Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors
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Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty is one of my favourite albums released in the last few years. This new one seems to continue from where the other left off on initial listen. There's still the familiar epic Big Boi scale, with big sounds and wonderfully anthemic passages, but somehow he has avoided rehashing previous successes. There's a spark here... and some really cool grooves.
Lines - http://youtu.be/uylwbxmjvMc?hd=1 (http://youtu.be/uylwbxmjvMc?hd=1)
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Vicious Lies is a grower. There are some slower and laid back tracks in the second half that are really affecting. Very different to the balls to the wall scale of Sir Luscious.
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I freakin' love The Postal Service and have only just found out vocalist Ben Gibbard is DCfC's singer. I had a preconceived notion of what type of music Death Cab played without being that familiar with their work and have perhaps subconsciously avoided them as a result. This album doesn't quite reach the heights of Give Up but it is laced with some of that magic. Looking forward to diving into DCfC's catalogue.
Unobstructed Views - http://youtu.be/fsF3EUVvwPs (http://youtu.be/fsF3EUVvwPs)
Nice track, thanks...will look into Give Up too.
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Vicious Lies is a grower. There are some slower and laid back tracks in the second half that are really affecting. Very different to the balls to the wall scale of Sir Luscious.
Catching up with music today, and just put this on. Excited to hear this, since I also thought Sir Luscious Leftfoot was great. Big and anthemic is a great way to describe that album.
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I think it was RD who posted about this in another thread. Perhaps the worst album cover ever, but a really good album.
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If you're old and decrepit like me, you probably remember guitarist Steve Khan from three late-70s fusion albums, most notably The Blue Man. This is not anything like that. A great album of Latin-flavored mainstream guitar jazz. Includes a killer take on the old Monk tune "Bye-Ya" and a smokin' version of Ornette Coleman's "Blues Connotation."
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/burnspbesq/partingshot.jpg)
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Looks very interesting. Thanks for the recommendation, will look for it :)
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Jack White - Blunderbuss
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/09/Jack_White_Blunderbuss_cover.jpg)
His first solo outing, but this is more of the same from Jack White. Trademark hooks throughout, with the second half more immediately appealing on initial listen.
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Maybe it's not ultra-new, but it has some really sweet tunes. Soft Indie Rock w/ electronic elements. Early "The Killers" + "The Faint" and the overdrive turned down a few notches. The SQ isn't the best, but the songs are too good not to be listened to.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7e/The_album_cover_for_the_2012_album_The_Temper_Trap.png)
The Temper Trap - S/T
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Been kind off jizzing to this album lately, bought the first print but received it kind of late.
Also, I just noticed because of the album's bonus items, that this existed, http://ototoy.jp/feature/index.php/dsd_shop (http://ototoy.jp/feature/index.php/dsd_shop)or else I might not buy the SACD at all(or maybe I would, hey it is "limited edition"). Her website did not mention anything about it when I looked at her discography at the time I purchased it :(
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Burial - Truant EP
Released about 2 weeks ago. Really really good, after so many years, burial still has it. A must get for those so inclined to such things.
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Thanks...
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First time through this one... I'm enjoying it.
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I fucking love this album. One of my favorites last year.
Still can't stop listening to "Shoes for Running."
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New Toro y Moi, Anything in Return, arrived today. So far I'm liking it.
Also got the new Yo La Tengo coming my way in a few days. Then next week it's new Tegan & Sara. Ooooohhh yeah!
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Guys, don't let this thread die.
(http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/OLE-994-Yo-La-Tengo-Fade.jpg)
Haven't really listened to much YLT before but I'm really digging this release. Looks like there's a substantial body of work to dive into and discover.
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Oh yes. *clink* I spent the better part of a plane ride right now listening to a loop of YLT albums, favorite is And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out and I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One second. Will check this new one out. Love this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSxpC5PSrRQ
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"Cola" by Toro y Moi, off the new album Anything In Return.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYnfa01wpXY&feature=youtu.be
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Thanks for the link MF. I'll have to check out that album.
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Really excited about the new Tegan & Sara tomorrow. Discovered a new artist who reminds me a bit of the twins called Now, Now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YifxsYI7Wh0
From their album last year, Threads.
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my former room mate's band Delta Bravo opened for them in 2011 here in POrtland ..Not bad.
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Been listening to these albums a lot the past few weeks:
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Excited about Tegan & Sara and Local Natives coming out this week. Lots of good stuff on the horizon.
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Really excited about the new Tegan & Sara tomorrow.
I was too.
Don't get your hopes up :(
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Really excited about the new Tegan & Sara tomorrow.
I was too.
Don't get your hopes up :(
That was me on initial listen. It's really mainstream commercial pop. I'll listen to it (and enjoy it immensely) when no one is about.
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FUCK YES!!!!!!!!!!
:)p1 :)p1 :)p1 :)p1
http://locirecords.bandcamp.com/album/dusk-to-dawn
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Good call, Quest. Listened to Foxygen (and Ra Ra Riot) on MOG while working tonight. Liked them both.
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FUCK YES!!!!!!!!!!
:)p1 :)p1 :)p1 :)p1
http://locirecords.bandcamp.com/album/dusk-to-dawn
I'm curious, is their previous work just as relaxing with enchanting melodies and infectious rhythmic support? Ooh the subtle bass line is nice... ("Minor Cause" is playing over my cheap but decent computer speaker.)
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That was me on initial listen. It's really mainstream commercial pop. I'll listen to it (and enjoy it immensely) when no one is about.
Their last album was a poppy turn that I enjoyed. This is a sort of pop concept album and it's just a little too far from what got me to get into Tegan & Sara in the first place. Though this is after only two listens, I'm inclined to give it a chance with a couple more.
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^ It's sort of become a guilty pleasure. "I Couldn't Be Your Friend" is a highlight for me.
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So far I like Heartthrob.
But I agree it's not so much Tegan and Sara. Sounds a LOT like Uh Huh Her now.
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Ok, this is rad. Thanks for the reco.
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FUCK YES!!!!!!!!!!
:)p1 :)p1 :)p1 :)p1
http://locirecords.bandcamp.com/album/dusk-to-dawn
I'm curious, is their previous work just as relaxing with enchanting melodies and infectious rhythmic support? Ooh the subtle bass line is nice... ("Minor Cause" is playing over my cheap but decent computer speaker.)
Yes it is..
Also check out
Tycho
El ten Eleven
The Album Leaf
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I already checked Loci Records. I might start with his early work...
(I might have to opt for FLAC downloads given my student budget has limits.)
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Also check out
Tycho
El ten Eleven
The Album Leaf
YES.
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Yes.. you will dig this.
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2013/01/y_la_bamba_rele_1.html
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http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009ICQ6KO
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New My Bloody Valentine is finally out! Wow!
http://www.mybloodyvalentine.org/Default.aspx
The LP comes with a CD copy and a digital download so you can start listening right away. I ordered the full set. Traffic brought the site down earlier, so hopefully it's still up...
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Awesome way to start the week. Looks like there's a 24-bit download version too.
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Stream of new Nick Cave: http://www.npr.org/2013/02/08/170853729/first-listen-nick-cave-the-bad-seeds-push-the-sky-away (http://www.npr.org/2013/02/08/170853729/first-listen-nick-cave-the-bad-seeds-push-the-sky-away)
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More good releases this year:
Unknown Mortal Orchestra "II"
Grouper "The Man Who Died in His Boat"
Mountains "Centralia"
Ducktails "Flower Lane"
Later this month:
Beach Fossils "Clash the Truth"
Veronica Falls "Waiting for Something to Happen"
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Also, with so many good releases last year, it's easy to overlook stuff. Here are some records I'm digging that I missed the first time 'round:
The Babies "Our House on the Hill"
E-LP "Cancer for Cure"
The Orb and Lee Scratch Perry "The Observer in the Star House"
X-TG "Desertshore / The Final Report"
Porter Ricks "Biokinetics"
Shifted "Crossed Paths"
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO "IAO Chant From Melting Paraiso Underground Freak"
Raime "Quarter Turns Over a Living Line"
Starkey "Orbits"
Sduk "Anything Could Happen"
Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland "Black Is Beautiful"
Polysick "Digital Native"
Teengirl Fantasy "Tracer"
Untold "Change In Dynamic Environment"
Paul Banks "Banks"
Bvdub "Serenity"
Masta Ace & MF Doom "Ma Doom: Son of Yvonne"
Gangrene "Vodka & Ayahuasca"
Fluxion "Traces"
Deepchord "Sommer"
Shackleton "Music for the Quiet Hour / The Drawbar Organ"
Heavy Blanket "Heavy Blanket"
Sigha "Living with Ghosts"
Cut Hands "Black Mamba"
Large Professor "Professor at Large"
Killer Mike "R.A.P. Music"
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Sachu - love emancipator, great release. If you like emancipator you should check out Trifonic. Just had a great release "The Ninth Wave"
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Awesome downtempo flowing glitchy stuff.
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Don't know if I'd call it "new", but at least 2012.
Fantastic album...
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A very pleasant surprise from Apparat, "Krieg und Frieden (Music for Theatre)". Great flow and restraint in the right places.
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If you like straight-ahead jazz that swings like a mutha, this is for you.
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YES! Previously unreleased Townes recordings. Studio version of Dead Flowers. Haven't listened much yet but happy to see it.
(http://www.beat-surrender.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Sunshine-Boy-Townes-Van-Zandt.jpg)
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I'm looking forward to some new CLUTCH! headbang
WEATHERMAKER MUSIC has confirmed a March 19, 2013 North American release date for the CLUTCH Earth Rocker CD and Vinyl.
CLUTCH's new album Earth Rocker is available for pre-order exclusively at http://www.clutchmerch.com Fans can pre-order the record individually or partake in the special fan-friendly bundle packages that are being offered.
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Jimi Hendrix - People, Hell & Angels
It's amazing that they can continue to pull something new from the tapes. Then again, maybe not, it's Jimi Hendrix after all! If you like Hendrix this one is worth checking out.
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Bowie's "The Next Day". Cover and second coming hype notwithstanding, it really is a solid album
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^^ I agree. Not bad at all
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Local Natives - Hummingbird
(http://cdn3.pitchfork.com/albums/18731/homepage_large.843c2ed5.jpg)
http://youtu.be/f4ZpjIYrWSw - Ceilings
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John Grant, formally of the Czars puts out a really strong follow up to his first solo release Queen of Denmark. He's a new discovery for me, and one that I'm enjoying. I guess you could say a little "Beck like", if I had to try and compare it. The lyrics are satirical and full of impact at the same time. Definitely worth a listen.
John Grant - Pale Green Ghost
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Christian pop technically, but their stuff is pretty tame in that respect. (Well, depending on album)
Beautiful: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mta2zh5wpF8&list=PLMLvvg4KIsKKASWSEe4J8vyxNBm7SzvmO&index=3
Chocolate and Ice Cream: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofFjv3tl3Q4
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Great, great stuff. The communication between Lloyd and Moran is almost telepathic.
Happy 75th birthday, Charles.
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Anyone into vintage sounding prog rock, Steven Wilson's new solo album The Raven That Refused to Sing is my favorite album so far this year
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Raven_That_Refused_to_Sing_%28And_Other_Stories%29
Single: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8sLcvWG1M4
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http://theoceanblue.bandcamp.com/album/ultramarine-2
The best music I have heard in years!
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Anathema - Weather Systems
Pretty stunning Prog stuff from last year. I just picked up the LP recently and have listened to it twice already. The lyrics on a few tracks can be kind of poppy, but the scale of the album is pretty epic.
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A bit weird and a notable departure from her previous album, but not bad.
Queen of Elba: http://vimeo.com/60178320
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This will be classified as Americana because it's not a product of the Nashville Hype Machine, but for me this is the best new country record in a very long time (maybe since Rodney Crowell's late-80s heyday).
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I'll always have a soft spot for The Strokes. I caught them a few years ago and it was one of those nights where everything was perfect. I remember it vividly.
Not sure what to make of this album. There are moments, but my attention drifted on initial listen. Could be a grower.
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Yeah, I was pleasantly surprised at that album on first listen. It was more cohesive than the very up-and-down Angles album, and they seemed to not take themselves so seriously. But the album really dropped off toward the end. It's a departure from their typical sound, although it doesn't always work out. "All The Time" is the only song that sounds like it could be taken from a previous Strokes album, while the rest seems more in line with Casablancas's solo album.
Been a while since I posted in here. A few albums I've been really loving this year is the Autre Ne Veut, Phosphorescent, Atoms for Peace and Local Natives (which took a while to grow one me). The Phoenix album is a big disappointment (although it is decent) considering how great Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix was. The Young Lagoon was a let down, but I may be starting to come around to it. I really liked the Bonobo album at first, but it's not really holding up after successive listens. Have been listening to the White Fence and Still Corners this week and both are pretty effin' rad.
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I quite liked Julian's solo album. Comedown Machine has sunk its teeth in. I dig it. A lot.
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The Knife's "Shaking the Habitual" stream @ pitchfork: http://pitchfork.com/advance/62-shaking-the-habitual/
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This isn't exactly new, but I've been *really* digging this as of late. One of my favorite releases of last year.
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TRST by Trust.
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The new Flaming Lips album "The Terror" is stunning. One of their best albums. Sort of like Embryonic Part II; even more bleak and haunting.
Unfortunately the CD's DR ranges between 3-6 :-[
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Yeah, I'm looking forward to The Terror. Should be out soon right?
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Yeah, I'm looking forward to The Terror. Should be out soon right?
Vinyl on April 15. I think the CD has officially been out for a week.
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Yeah, I'm looking forward to The Terror. Should be out soon right?
Vinyl on April 15. I think the CD has officially been out for a week.
Just checked Amazon and Flaming Lips.com
Both editions should be out on the 15th. Exciting!
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Yeah, I'm looking forward to The Terror. Should be out soon right?
Vinyl on April 15. I think the CD has officially been out for a week.
Just checked Amazon and Flaming Lips.com
Both editions should be out on the 15th. Exciting!
I realize why I thought the CD was out earlier, they now have a different label for international releases (Bella) so the UK got an April 1st release. They also get a bonus 7" or mini CD with the vinyl or CD edition respectively. There should be a pretty cool Beatles cover song on them.
If you're thinking about getting the vinyl the silver version from the US Lips store (Warner Bros) is supposedly limited to 2500. I wish they would have included those bonuses with the US release :-S
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Picked up:
Steven Wilson's The Raven That Refused to Sing, thanks omegakitty.
Big Boi's Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors- thanks MuppetFace.
The Lumineers, thanks Shipsupt (think you sent me a PM for this one).
Feeding the phones!!!
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This isn't exactly new, but I've been *really* digging this as of late. One of my favorite releases of last year.
(http://cdn.head-fi.org/d/d5/d599bfe8_TrustTRST600G191012.jpeg)
TRST by Trust.
Giving it a listen right now. Nice!
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Several interesting new releases due out in the USA tomorrow:
John Medeski solo piano, Dawes, Brad Paisley for all you rednecks, Paramore, James Blake, Kurt Vile.
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Ooh, new Medeski. I always wondered how "real" jazz fans felt about MM&W.
Been listening to the Knife, James Blake and Kurt Vile all weekend. They all headbang
I'm NOT feeling the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs at all. Too formulaic and by-the-numbers (but I guess that's to be expected). Same with Tyler the Creator's new one -- his schtick is getting old quick.
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Ooh, new Medeski. I always wondered how "real" jazz fans felt about MM&W.
Not sure I'm the right person to answer that question, but ...
There are probably a lot of jazz purists who haven't given MMW (or, for that matter, The Bad Plus) a fair hearing because they seem to come from a different tradition (I've heard a number of people lump MMW in with Phish, which cracks me up). For me, this is sort of a second golden age of jazz piano, and I think Medeski and King belong in the same conversation with guys like Jason Moran, Vijay Iyer, Craig Taborn, etc.
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My feelings are a little tepid over the new Tyler, the Creator. It's a safe album in that it doesn't strive to do anything novel, but then I don't think it needs to do anything novel. It lacks the refreshingly underground appeal of Goblin, but then Goblin lacks the refreshingly underground appeal of Goblin. That certain something has been slowly dissipating since Bastard. And really that's fine for me, because I'm not looking for a personal anthem or lifestyle and can gladly divorce the sounds from the meta-contextual stuff surrounding it. Don't care about the relevance, don't care about the generational thing. The best aspect for me is still the exuberance, Tyler and Frank's voices, and the stripped-down Gravediggaz vibe. Thankfully there's something about Tyler's gnarled flow makes me forget that he's the same guy on Loiter Squad.
Wolf is definitely more polished than anything he's done before, which is either a good thing or a bad thing depending on your perspective I guess. I don't think Tyler's style benefits from added complexity, and really the simpler things are kept the better (like "Yonkers"). Some of these tracks get a little too ambitious, too overwrought and suffer for it. The album is more consistent from track to track in terms of quality, which is good, though in terms of feel it also sort of runs together. I think this homogeneity was sort of necessary because the album seems less overtly built around a central concept compared to Goblin. The latter was a mess, but it worked for the theme of therapy sessions. In contrast there's less here to really tie things together, so the new album kind of runs on for too long and becomes a blur. Consequently it's more enjoyable for me when taken in small doses.
I've only just started listening to Kurt Vile's Walkin on a Pretty Daze and James Blake's Overgrown. So far the new Kurt Vile isn't really doing anything for me with the exception of a few tracks. Might be a slow grower however, so I'm going to keep listening. The new James Blake is surprisingly good to me; I really didn't care much for the direction of his self-titled debut to be honest, though I like his earlier EPs (and parts of the debut). I'm definitely enjoying this new full-length however.
The new Vondelpark full-length, Seabed, is kind of similar to James Blake in certain respects. I'm really digging it too. Like... a lot. This is definitely in the running for my favorite electronic album since last year's absolutely masterful Fin by John Talabot.
Also picked up Habitual Levitations (Instilling Words with Tones) by Intronaut this week. A little too proggy / techy for me to have it on constant rotation, but I've been digging it.
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If you're into tech death, grind, and general over-the-top metal wankery I highly recommend the new Rings of Saturn:
(http://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Front-Cover1-1024x1024.jpg)
I love their retarded sci-fi theme too.
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Listened to part of the new James Blake on MOG last night. Liked what I heard. Will definitely give a second listen today.
Luuuuurrrrrve the new Dido.
Part way through the new Tomasz Stanko.
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If you're into tech death, grind, and general over-the-top metal wankery I highly recommend the new Rings of Saturn:
(http://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Front-Cover1-1024x1024.jpg)
I love their retarded sci-fi theme too.
I love that cover.
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Rings of Saturn is AMAZING! keep those new recommendations coming Muppetface.
On a calmer more 80s note... Try the new OMD album out guys. I like it.
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If you're into tech death, grind, and general over-the-top metal wankery I highly recommend the new Rings of Saturn:
(http://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Front-Cover1-1024x1024.jpg)
I love their retarded sci-fi theme too.
God I hate the kicks on this album. For the most part anyway. Tech Death is always just ridiculous wankery, but in the best way.
Also, new Dark Tranquility and Amon Amarth coming soon...It's gonna be a good year...
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I'm *really* digging the new Lips, The Terror, so far.
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I'm *really* digging the new Lips, The Terror, so far.
Did you get the vinyl?
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This isn't exactly new, but I've been *really* digging this as of late. One of my favorite releases of last year.
(http://cdn.head-fi.org/d/d5/d599bfe8_TrustTRST600G191012.jpeg)
TRST by Trust.
Just looked this up on youtube. It's cool. Gonna have to get my hands on the album.
Have you heard The Golden Year by Ou Est Le Swimming Pool (http://youtu.be/x0SDih8ixNU)? It's one of my favourite synth-pop albums and I'm getting the same vibes from Trust. TGY is especially poignant though.
edit: So I've just listened to TRST in full. Not sure where I got the TGY vibes from. This is a different beast, but equally as rad. I'd replay the whole thing if I didn't have to get up for work soon.
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This is the best new small-group jazz record I've heard so far this year.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/burnspbesq/timetravel_zps63553ed4.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/burnspbesq/media/timetravel_zps63553ed4.jpg.html)
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Loving The Terror. This is the Lips back at their best. I'd lost faith following the over indulgent releases the last few years. Yoshimi was their last great album IMO. It warms the cockles that they still have it.
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I must be the only one on here that actually liked Embryonic. I liked it's shift in direction from At War With the Mystics ( :gross:) and thought it was well-executed. It's even more terrifying stuff than The Terror.
Omegakitty -- did you get the vinyl? Does it sound as bricked as the CD mastering? I'd sitting on the fence about whether to drop the $35 for it on vinyl, or just spend that money on a nice reissue of an old jazz or rock album.
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I liked At War With the Mystics. I also liked the spirit of Embryonic, though not so much the overblown production.
I've got The Terror on vinyl too, but I haven't had a chance to listen to it. Just the CD. I also need to eventually open up the gummy skull with some friends to get that flash drive with four tracks. It's been sitting in my kitchen, dutifully preserved.
The new Heavy Hawaii, Goosebumps, is really intoxicating. It's like a Beach Boys broadcast on an AM radio station from another dimension.
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The cover really matches the music well, IMHO.
This has been one of my favorite new metal albums so far this year:
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VHOL by VHOL. Really great stuff.
I've also been digging the new Fen, Dustwalker. Recommended for fans of melodic nature-y WitTR-type black metal.
I need to reiterate how good the new Vondelpark is. I've been listening to it just as much, if not more, than the new James Blake. My favorite electronic album this year so far is probably DJ Koze's Amygdala.
(http://www.electronicbeats.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/koze-electronic-beats-amygdala.jpg)
Lots of really talented guest stars, too. The track with Ada is just dreamy.
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Just a heads up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQmKuXmDfd8
New Boards of Canada will be out June 10th (11th in the US). It will be entitled Tomorrow's Harvest and feature 17 tracks. You can put in a pre-order here:
https://bleep.com/boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest
I'm getting so hyped up about this.... I lurve BoC....
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Hell YES. Music Has the Right to Children ruled my high school years. I just noticed that I never checked out that Campfire... album a few years back. Is it worth checking?
+1 on that DJ Koze -- such a fun album. I love all the different textures on it. I need to check out the Vondelpark ASAP it seems.
Been listening to the new Deerhunter today, and I'm liking it a lot. More accessible and melodic than past DH albums, but still retains that noise and fuzz. Definitely some Atlas Sound influence creeping into this new Deerhunter project. Still early, but it's not a drop off from Microcastle or Halcyon Digest at all.
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Just finished a first listen to the new Airborne Toxic Event record, out today in the US.
If you're an ATE fan, grab this.
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Just finished a first listen to the new Airborne Toxic Event record, out today in the US.
If you're an ATE fan, grab this.
They might be good but I just can't force myself to listen to them after being made to trudge through White Noise and humor my prof's allegation of its greatness. Now if they were to rename themselves the "Great Concavity", I'd be all about it.
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Just a heads up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQmKuXmDfd8
New Boards of Canada will be out June 10th (11th in the US). It will be entitled Tomorrow's Harvest and feature 17 tracks. You can put in a pre-order here:
https://bleep.com/boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest
I'm getting so hyped up about this.... I lurve BoC....
I'm really hype as well, but I have no money to preorder at the moment. D:
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Modern Vampires of the City is bloody magnificent.
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Modern Vampires of the City is bloody magnificent.
As someone who is rather indifferent to Dracula Holiday's previous releases, you think this might win me over? Or is it more of the same?
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This one didn't capture me on first listen, but now a few more times through and I'm liking it. Glad I went back and gave it another chance.
I've been listening to it just as much, if not more, than the new James Blake. My favorite electronic album this year so far is probably DJ Koze's Amygdala.
(http://www.electronicbeats.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/koze-electronic-beats-amygdala.jpg)
Lots of really talented guest stars, too. The track with Ada is just dreamy.
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Modern Vampires of the City is bloody magnificent.
As someone who is rather indifferent to Dracula Holiday's previous releases, you think this might win me over? Or is it more of the same?
My Girlfriend loved the previous albums but I was always on the fence. I think their sound is a little more grown up now and I'm digging this effort.
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Not sure this album will turn you if you're not a fan. It's a bit different than their previous albums, as it goes further in their direction of sound from VW --> Contra. I sorta miss the fun quirky Afro pop flavor of their debut album. This album has more breathing room, more melodic and "pretty". The soundscapes let Ezra's lyrics shine through more. He's toned down the quirk, but has upped the whimsy. The subject matter is heavier here, but its juxtaposed by this polished, flowing and pretty production. I actually feel the more fast and frantic songs here (Diane Young, Finger Back, Worship You) that were highlights for me on previous albums (A-Punk, Walcott, Cousins) kinda break the flow on this one. I've always had a soft spot for Ezra's lyrics. He's like the Aesop Rock of indie pop. He drops pop references that you're not always sure what he's talking about, but his one-liners sorta earworm their way into your soul.
Not sure how I'd place this yet as I'm still warming up to it.
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This came out earlier this week:
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New album from Still Corners. Fans of dreamy synthpop (ala Beach House, Chromatics) should give this a shot. I don't think they're quite as good as the aforementioned bands, but it's a decent album.
You get a cool ice blue colored vinyl for $14 if you order through Sub Pop.
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Yeah, Still Corners. I really liked their Creatures of an Hour album. Haven't heard their new one yet because I'm pretty much inundated up to my eyeballs with synthy-sizer muzak.
Not that I'm complaining. That's how I roll.
We do love our syrupy warm 80s shit here at changstar according to holy peeps, after all.
Really, I'm just waiting for the new Blank Dogs full-length to drop. I'm kind of obsessed with bedroom warble pop. Or anything on Captured Tracks.
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Modern Vampires of the City is bloody magnificent.
As someone who is rather indifferent to Dracula Holiday's previous releases, you think this might win me over? Or is it more of the same?
QH summed it up nicely above. This isn't more of the same from VW but the work is still laced with their eccentricities. There's a maturity here though, with passages that are immediately affecting. This is their Soft Bulletin.
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This one has been out for a little while, but definitely worth checking out, especially if you like instrumental guitar solos.
It's well recorded. There is a great feeling of space that makes me consider what the space was like that it was recorded in.
Great as ambient background music but also quite involving if you let yourself get absorbed. His finger work is amazing and really leaves you wondering if it really is solo guitar work at times.
William Tyler -- Impossible Truth
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Wow, this one is such a train wreck that you can't miss it! Really, it is such a crazy mix of low-fi, punk guitar, synthesizers, rap, funk, and soul vocals... how can this work? But it does! Give this one a listen if you're not afraid of something a little experimental.
Did I mention Damon Albarn produced and guest on the album? Seriously, check it out!
The Child of Lov - The Child of Lov
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Or anything on Captured Tracks.
Amen.
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I've been listening to the new National album all weekend long and it is glorious. Just now getting a handle on it after a dozen spins because it just keeps unfolding with repeated listens. I think I already like it more than High Violet, although Trouble Will Find Me isn't quite as immediately gratifying. The songcraft on here are so top notch.
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Can't wait to give it a listen! Vampire Weekend and The National are in Europe when I'm on holidays there in July. Shattered that non of their gigs align with my itinerary.
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Getting psyched for the The National later this month. Tomorrow the new Wild Nothing EP drops too, so huzzah.
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I love how the cover is designed to look like a Japanese import with the side-obi. Bless you, Captured Tracks. Aside from that I've got some other new-ish releases on the way, including the new Ulrich Schnauss which has me all giddy:
Sub Verses by Akron Family
Waiting Room by Lusine
A Long Way to Fall by Ulrich Schnauss
Ultramarine by Young Galaxy
Also while it isn't exactly new, I somehow missed one of The Caretaker's best releases last year:
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I strongly recommend The Caretaker for those who are adventurous and like found-sound type recordings, weird atmospheric stuff, introspective soundscapes, etc. Really a great prelude to the new BoC next month.
Moar recent stuff I've been enjoying! For the metalheads out there, there's this rancid beauty:
(http://c3.cduniverse.ws/resized/250x500/music/829/8923829.jpg)
I've been waiting for their full-length for a while now, ever since hearing the "Halo of Syringes" 3-song EP. Just really great, filthy death metal. "Halo of Syringes" is a killer track, btw.
Thee Oh Sees is a band I'm really very fond of, and Floating Coffin is awesome.
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Can't stop listening to "Night Crawler." Oh noes, The Needledrop didn't like it!! Really, Anthony Fantano can go fuck a scalding exhaust pipe for all I care.
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Fantano is one of my least favorite people on the internet. The only he's ever done that I enjoyed was his show report on Sunn O))).
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Wow, this one is such a train wreck that you can't miss it! Really, it is such a crazy mix of low-fi, punk guitar, synthesizers, rap, funk, and soul vocals... how can this work? But it does! Give this one a listen if you're not afraid of something a little experimental.
Did I mention Damon Albarn produced and guest on the album? Seriously, check it out!
The Child of Lov - The Child of Lov
Odd, it does work. Even the weird-ass album art (shame about the pineapples).
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What do you think of the new QOTSA album - Like Clockwork?
Too boring for me so far. I did, however enjoy their previous records. Then again my desert rock playlist nowadays is mostly populated by Truckfighters...
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So much hype – but boy does it deliver! One of those striking statements with real swagger and confidence. People will no doubt hate on it because of the inevitable saturation. Others will remember it as the soundtrack to dazzling good times.
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*Really* digging the new Ulrich Schnauss.
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Sorry about a lack of updates here. Lately I've been keeping my music impressions to my diary thread on head-fi for the most part.
Got the new Boards of Canada, Tomorrow's Harvest. It's really stellar! I imagine the hype has gotten too massive for the album to possibly live up to it now much like the new MBV, but I don't really care: the album has met and exceeded my expectations. It seems like more of a return to Music Has The Right or even their High Scores EP, less unplugged and organic compared to Campfire and less writhing and twitchy than Geogaddi. It has an almost coldwave feel at times with cleaner synth lines, and overall there seems to be more emphasize on conjuring up thick swirling ambience to serve as the canvas for these arpeggiated synths. There's less feet-dragging on a lot of the beats, less emphasis on odd time signatures. The grooves that emerge from the haze are very propulsive. Of course the devil is in the details, and there are definite BoC-ish flourishes like garbled transmissions and meticulously conceived bridges. Gotta say, so far I love this album.
Also *really* digging the new Boris LP Praparat. It's the album many fans of Boris' earlier stuff have been waiting for I think. Extremely heavy, crushing sludge that manages to be soaringly epic and beautiful at the same time. The band's noisier more experimental side is reigned in here, and I really feel this is their strongest effort in years. At the same time there's some new territory here for Boris in the form of some cool Eastern European folksy embellishments, but overall this is Boris doing what they do best. They still got it.
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A multitutde of releases recently that I can't figure out how to listen to them all.
Pacific AIr- Stop Talking
calexico - spiritoso
Junip - Junip
The Boxer Rebellion - Promises
Paper Liions - Philadelphia
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Very annoyed by this. This is a really solid album, with shit CD mastering and pretty much the worst imaginable vinyl release - a double picture disc in a sleeve that feels like a plastic bag. For $60.
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Loving this amazing collaboration of Bruce Soord and Jonas Renske. Mastering is typical garbage, but Renske still manages to sound amazing. He shows a lot more range here than on most Katatonia albums.
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Some dystopian Finnish electropop, HK119 - Imaginature. Playful, not as cold as The Knife. http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/15890/1/hk119-imaginature (http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/15890/1/hk119-imaginature)
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The idea of electropop brought me to think of electro swing.
Not exactly "new", but fairly new group with two stellar albums http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7JOa3dISg0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7JOa3dISg0)
Caravan Palace, you heard? I might be going to their concert here in Vancouver. Should we awesome seeing how they rock during live performances
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Caravan Palace, you heard? I might be going to their concert here in Vancouver. Should we awesome seeing how they rock during live performances
They appear rather awesome, almost like a project Matthew Herbert would put together. Thanks, I'm gonna have to add them to the concert schedule this summer :)p5 It would be a good show to take my dad out to, getting tired of only seeing the orchestra with him.
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Absolutely superb in every way. A certain album-of-the-year contender. The best singer-songwriter-type record in years.
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Getting into it, the bonus acoustic tracks are pretty good.
Blue Fish (acoustic): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOAFvqb1kE4
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Artist: Brothers in Law
Album: Hard Times for Dreamers
Label: We Were Never Being Boring
In 5 Words or Less: Swirling, dreamy guitar pop.
http://youtu.be/klV6B1gbJa8
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Skylar Grey - Don't Look Down (She'll always be the redhead formerly known as Holly Brook, to me)
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Wear Me Out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb6fuMTcYsg
C'mon Let Me Ride: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci1VEtvfSrw
White Suburban: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVeqYzgahUY
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Had no idea they had released new stuff until I heard a really good tune on the local rock radio station.
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I caught the tour in London for this new album. The Murphys always rock live!
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This is a real surprise. I've never cared that much for these guys before, but this is good. Like... really good.
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Earl is back!
In a big way!
Hip Hop plays a small part of my overall listening, but for me this one is all win. Slow, raw, and innovative. Give it a listen!
Earl Sweatshirt - Doris
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Various Artists - After Dark Vol.2
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I have mixed feelings about Earl's new LP. His style of rapping in particular, that dead pan lethargic kinda flow, is pretty hit or miss for me. On tracks like "Burgundy" and "Chum" it's great, but other times he sounds a bit too distant. Also the guest features are hit or miss for me. Some are good, some are pretty terrible (like "Guild" and also "Pre," the latter of which is a somewhat baffling---in a not so good sense---way of starting your album). I really like the instrumentation and production of the album though. I'd actually say it's one of the *least* raw of the OFWGKTA releases in that sense. Like Tyler's new album from earlier in the year, it shows a wider range of techniques, but unlike Wolf it retains the night time unsettling vibe of the collective's older stuff. All in all a solid release.
On the rap front, I strongly recommend Big K.R.I.T.'s new mixtape, Return of 4Eva. It may surpass Run The Jewels as my favorite rap release this year. I've also been really digging A$AP Rocky's LP. Not the most sophisticated flow, but some excellent beats and ambience.
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If you like late-60s/early 70s jazz-rock fusion, you're gonna love this.
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I can now report that Hesitation Marks on vinyl sounds quite good. The "audiophile master" however is a complete sham.
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For those into electronic music I'd like to suggest:
Autechre - Exai
Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
Dadub - You Are Eternity
Those into singular songwriters should take a listen to Scott Walker's newest work, Bish Bosch.
Not among the newest but worth checking out.
Note that I don't base my recommendations on recording sound quality (although Autechre and Dadub stuff are great in that department), it's all about musical merits.
Good Listening!
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oops... I managed to forget the links.
Autechre - Exai https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je6NChw3LiY&list=PL1yYEMwtFZHNP6hwp1lgEEQqkfFXIeqcS (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je6NChw3LiY&list=PL1yYEMwtFZHNP6hwp1lgEEQqkfFXIeqcS)
Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmm1wfc_qnU&list=PLvv3TvRCP2TFfu-3ozrmJAMIWsK7CZ0AH (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmm1wfc_qnU&list=PLvv3TvRCP2TFfu-3ozrmJAMIWsK7CZ0AH)
Dadub - You Are Eternity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueKkhCqntmA&list=PLv_069ekoIpn_4CJtRDTXGFPqkCDJX0yW (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueKkhCqntmA&list=PLv_069ekoIpn_4CJtRDTXGFPqkCDJX0yW)
Scott Walker - Bish Bosch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fqgl-SlxN0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fqgl-SlxN0) one track only
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Lorde - Pure Heroine
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Loved her EP and have eagerly awaited this release. Measured expectations have been exceeded here. The album oozes confidence.
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Where did you get it? Not on iTunes yet, not on Spotify... I definitely want to grab this one.
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Released today, in Australia. :)p6
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Absolutely superb in every way. A certain album-of-the-year contender. The best singer-songwriter-type record in years.
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Was wondering how this got onto my buy list...I ended up on a YouTube tangent.
Thank you for this!!
So much sadness, so beautiful. I'm hooked.
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Lorde - Pure Heroine
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Loved her EP and have eagerly awaited this release. Measured expectations have been exceeded here. The album oozes confidence.
Got it! headbang :)p1
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Lorde - Pure Heroine
Loved her EP and have eagerly awaited this release. Measured expectations have been exceeded here. The album oozes confidence.
Took my first listen this morning on Google Music All Access. That's a pretty darn good 37 minutes or so. Ordered the CD after the first listen. I'm surprised that the entire thing is listenable. I had no urge to skip a single track.
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Future Islands - On the Water
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Listen, you will thank me later.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vI_kx4J8Vc
My favorite of the album
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiGpvTA4fYM
If you like, The National. Shins, Killers, you will dig this too.
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CHVRCHES - The Bones of What You Believe
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Unabashed indie synth pop. Sounds like Tegan and Sara soaring after M83.
http://youtu.be/_mTRvJ9fugM
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I've been digging the new Chvrches full-length.
In case anyone is interested, here's my master list of new releases I've enjoyed this year:
http://www.head-fi.org/t/626954/the-diary-entries-of-a-little-girl-who-is-now-30-part-2/18555#post_9816974
The star ratings are basically just saying how much I've been listening to them.
Some recent highlights:
Chelsea Wolfe - Pain Is Beauty
Chvrches - Bones of What Your Believe
Cults - Static
Danny Brown - Old
Darkside - Psychic
Deepchord - 20 Electrostatic Soundfields
The Field - Cupid's Head
Forest Swords - Engravings
Four Tet - Beautiful Rewind
Frankie Rose - Herein Wild
Glasser - Interiors
King Krule - 6 Feet Beneath The Moon
Minks - Tides End
Washed Out - Paracosm
The Weekend - Kiss Land
Zola Jesus & Mivos Quartet - Versions
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Nirvana - In Utero: 20th Anniversary Edition - Super Deluxe Edition
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I hope I can still call this one a new release since it’s been out since late September. It has so much material, it’s taken me a while to consume it all.
I learned two things listening to this album. One, I really am a Nirvana fan. In many ways this follow up album was not what we all expected, or wanted. Now I find I still connect with it. There’s not much they did that I don’t like. Two, I’m old. I was out of college when this one came out… that couldn’t be 20 years ago, right?
First things first. This ‘aint no shitty “Nevermind” Bob Ludwig mix. Nope! I think they got this one right.
The original album is there in it’s entirety, including the Scott Litt mixes of Heart Shaped Box and All Apologies. What’s cool is that the Steve Albini mixes from the ’93 release are also there, so you can compare them. So cool for us mear mortals to hear what all the fuss was about at the time. You can really hear the difference in All Apologies. Fun for the non-professionals like myself to be able to go back and forth and see how a different master can make a big difference.
There are some B-sides (some new, some previously released) that are probably interesting to a big fan, but are otherwise pretty crappy.
Next up, an entirely new remaster by Albini. Again, it’s fun to compare the new stuff to the 20 year old versions. I’m not sure how much is new technology, and how much is Albini having more time to get it right, but overall I prefer the new mix.
Last up, and what makes the Super Deluxe Edition worth the extra dough for me, is the Live and Loud set from the MTV New Year’s Eve special in 1993. This is about as strong as the band got playing live. I’ve been listening to this a lot lately.
Ok, this isn’t a cheap set, but if you’re even a casual Nirvana fan it’s well worth it.
Loosing Lou Reed recently had me feeling a little reflective while I listened to this. What would Curt and the band have been capable of if he stuck around? I guess it wasn’t meant to be.
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I've been on a Nirvana binge of late as well. It's now laced with nostalgia but the music still resonates. Love the Scott Litt mix of Penny Royal Tea!
Yep. The Live & Loud set is awesome.
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I'm finding Arcade Fire's Reflektor to be enjoyable, if a little less compelling than their previous releases. The lead single and title track, "Reflektor," is great. This is followed up by "We Exist" which I like even more. The rest of the first disc though just isn't doing it for me at this point.
The second disc though I'm really digging. The back-to-back duo of "Oh Eurydice" and "Oh Orpheus" are highlights. The last three tracks are my favorites though, each one successively better than the last. "Porno" has a nice satisfying swagger on a small-ish scale, while "Afterlife" brings the classic Arcade Fire group celebration thing back into the picture, sounding large and grandiose and reminding me why I enjoyed their breakthrough album Funeral so much. "Supersymmetry" is my favorite though, a longer meandering track of subdued electronic arpeggios and synth lullaby bleeps and bloops. It just fades out into this gorgeous, distant soundfield of computerized chatter... equally sunsets and server rooms.
Cut Copy - Free Your Mind
Less stadium rock than their previous release, more in keeping with the vibes of his previous works, but turning everything up to 11 and going for an even more overtly campy, over-the-top workout on the dancefloor type of sound. I mean the title of the album is "Free Your Mind," and this is given a healing rainbow bucket fill on the cover. If you're already familiar with Cut Copy, that should tell you all you need to know. Really bouncing and kinetic stuff.
M.I.A. - Matangi
Yeah, everyone loves to give her shit these days. How she's singing about revolutions in developing world countries but eating gourmet french fries in interviews. Whatever. I don't care. Her last album was pretty damn underrated in my opinion, a really noisy and aggressive power tool laden temper tantrum that showed she obviously doesn't care about appeasing whoever people feel she needs to kiss up to, including her so called fan base. I've only started diving into this latest effort, but so far I'm on board. It definitely lacks the compositional sophistication of someone like DJ Koze, but so far it seems really fun. Lots of big, ugly sounds and gaudy noise. Like being driven around some island slum by a crazy cab driver whose rickety mini-bus is somehow fueled by hashish, little slivers of his local radio station piercing through the street clamor once in a while, the surroundings rife with manic folks stomping their feet, shouting, and carrying around ghetto blaster boomboxes.
Polica - Shulamith
Wow... this is a really compelling release for me. Spygame-esque downtempo grooves set to vintage synthesizers, weary female vocals, propulsive indie lounge rock. Love it.
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Other great stuff I need to dig into more:
Machinedrum - Vision City
Cass McCombs - Big Wheel and Others
Son Lux - Lanterns
Heavenly Beat - Prominence
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Well it ain't exactly "new" and neither are they unknown. But this album was new to me. Then I saw that it had reached 6xPlatinum in the US etc...
A fantastic blend of Jason Mraz, The Killers, Muse and Mumford & Sons.
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions
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Favourite track: Demons
and now the second disc...
This one is definitely new to most. Swedish hip-hop vs. swing vs. electronic group Movits! released their newest album a couple of weeks ago. Brings some freshness into the whole bling-blingie world of hip-hop.
Movits! - Huvudet bland molnen
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Favourite track(s): Limousin / Nitroglycerin
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Well it ain't exactly "new" and neither are they unknown. But this album was new to me. Then I saw that it had reached 6xPlatinum in the US etc...
A fantastic blend of Jason Mraz, The Killers, Muse and Mumford & Sons.
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions
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Favourite track: Demons
I like this album, but I can't tell whether they are having a loudness war with themselves or if they just reeeally like distortion.
As for me, I've been listening to Maximum Balloon quite a bit. It's a solo album from the guitarist from TV on the Radio.
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EDIT: Just realized this album is 3 years old, whoops!
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Polica - Shulamith
Wow... this is a really compelling release for me. Spygame-esque downtempo grooves set to vintage synthesizers, weary female vocals, propulsive indie lounge rock. Love it.
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I'm a sucker for this shit. Spotifying it now. Good stuff. :)p5
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Ok, this isn't a new release, it's a re-release. It was originally released 16 years go.
This one is not going to be for everyone, but with Rememberance Day in the UK and Veterans day just passing it seems quite appropriate.
It's a lovely, touching, and well recorded album. I'm thinking LFF would dig this one.
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The centenary of the outbreak of the "war to end all wars" is being marked by a barrage of projects, but this wildly ambitious 27-song concept work should not be overlooked. Gentle Men was originally released 16 years ago, but this powerful "family history of the first world war & its consequences" has now been rerecorded and updated. Based around the stories of his grandfathers, Ernest Johnson and Henry Jenner, who served on the western front but survived, it deals with class, war, its aftermath, and 127 years of English history. The new version is dominated by piano and brass, with vocals by Johnson, Roy Bailey and Barb Jungr, and the often upbeat, jaunty melodies are inspired by music hall, hymns or marching songs, and set to variously bleak, angry and poignant lyrics. A folk classic.
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Sorry for not adding pretty album covers to these posts, but I'm on a phone right now, so I'll go back and add them later.
Most of my recent citations in this thread have been for indie rock, dream pop, electronica, and hip hop. So it's time for more METAL. Gaaaaaaarrrrhh!!!
Blut Aus Nord - What Once Was :: A re-release of one of their rarer vinyls. From one of their best periods in my opinion
The Body - Christ, Redeemers :: Really filthy, raw doom. Shitty recording quality. Haven't dug into this much just because it's so poorly recorded. Really best left for blasting on old speakers rather than headphones.
Carcass - Surgical Steel :: It's the year of metal reunions. Sabbath, Monster Magnet, Gorguts... and now Carcass! These guys were always one of the best grind bands ever, and they eventually morphed into this really catchy death metal hybrid. It seems they've still got it.
Gorguts - coloured Sands :: Finally! The long awaited new album from these tech death geniuses. This stuff is just so amazingly dense and atmospheric. Discordant, yet very propulsive and even catchy. One of my favorite metal releases this year, for sure.
Hail of Bullets - The Rommel Chronicles :: Really brutal death metal. Heavy, plodding, war-march type stuff. The perfect stuff for banging yer head, and maybe some loose women too.
Inquisition - Obscure Verses For The Multiverse :: Creepy black metal from these old stalwarts. Nothing new here, but then that's kind of the point. Great atmosphere on this stuff.
Monster Magnet - Last Patrol :: I've always liked the brand of doom slash heavy metal these guys conjured. Less earthy and more spacey. Less weed or opiates and more LSD. Like a heavier Hawkwind. Or the grand pappy of Ufomammut. This album is a great return to form. They don't make 'em like this much anymore.
Pelican - Forever Becoming :: Both pretty and pretty heavy. I like this more than their last few releases. A bit more interesting to me than the usual post-metal stuff.
Skeletonwitch - Serpents Unleashed :: Great blackened thrash. Was never really into these guys despite having their first album. I find these tracks really catchy though, so that seems to be changing.
Toxic Holocaust - Chemistry of Consciousness :: More blacked thrash. Also great. I've followed this band since the beginning of their career, and they've only gotten better. Probably my favorite thrash band right now.
Ulcerate - Vermis :: Really well done technical death metal. This one isn't hitting it out of the park for me like their previous albums, at least not yet. However I'm enjoying it, and maybe it'll grow on me even more.
Watain - Wild Hunt :: Angry black metal, thick with swarths of hellfire smoke.
Windhand - Soma :: Groovy stoner sludge. Like trying to swim in mollasses. Not quite up to the level of, say, YOB. However it has its own unique sort of vibe going on, evoking a sense of desolate natural landscapes rather than volcanos and thunderclouds.
Also here's some rock:
Bardo Pond - Peace On Venus :: One of *the* drug addled fuzz rock bands, like a more disturbed Spaceman 3 that traded blues in for grunge. This release is just great. Hippy dippy flutes, disembodied and strung out female vocals, soaring guitars and walls of feedback. Pretty much par for the course for these guys.
Earthless - From The Ages :: Earthless is one of the best guitar-centric psych rock bands around these days. You like long Hendrix-worshipping guitar solos? Earthless. Part of the current heavy psych rock elite along with Psychic Paramount, Major Stars, and Acid Mothers.
Fuzz - Fuzz :: Great blown-out garage rock from Ty Segall. This stuff is heavier and more stoner-groove laden than his usual stuff, like Ty Segall covering Cactus. Also has some wicked cover art.
Jesu - Everyday I Get Closer To The Light :: Better than his last release in my opinion. Lots of heavy guitar riffs chugging along to pretty minor-key ballads. Less dense than his former more shoegazer-y stuff, but still really atmospheric and warm and enveloping. Kind of like the city streets after a sudden mid-summer rainstorm.
Katatonia - Dethroned & Uncrowned :: Really sappy, overwrought ballady goth rock. Still I love it. Basically, this is an acoustic version of their album from last year, Dead End Kings.
Got some feedback on my recommendation of Polica. Glad some of you guys liked it. I think you'd also like the Son Lux album, Lanterns.
Kind of hard to describe this one, but it's exceedingly beautiful in its categorical defiance. Angelic vocals, including a weary lead singer who is backed by a full on choir. The instrumentation is quite varied, with found-object percussion and strings and piano. All of this is set to some rather unusual electronic effects and synth lines. It all comes together into this cohesive whole despite the chaotic underpinnings, a lovely soundtrack to dawn hour drives through rural backroads during these colder months.
I'm also really digging the new Of Montreal. I've never been that big a fan of their past work, and some of it is downright irritating to me in its pageantry and forced playfulness, like someone trying way too hard to be quirky. The more recent stuff however has been better in my opinion. False Priest was kind of a big F U to the fans who liked their faux Sargent Pepper albums, and Paralytic Stalks added some much needed honesty to their sound. Their latest album Lousy With Sylvianbriar goes further to that end. This sounds the most "real" of any of their stuff to me since the four track demo recordings. It's relaxed, less overtly self-aware, and so there's not that sense of desperately trying to be clever.
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MF- Thank you. I definitely appreciate the occasional updates to show star ratings too. I spent a couple of evenings just listening to YouTube videos from your 5-star list. So far, picked up the Big Boi CD earlier (which I love with Little Dragon in there) and have the DJ Koze Amygdala and Sunbather on the way.
For Arcade Fire Reflektor, I was so excited that I threw it in my noisy car and didn't connect with it. That set me up to be surprised when I finally got it into headphones and enjoyed it a lot more...it will suffer from hopes/expectations, I think. Still working on getting to know the tracks but also like the title track a lot.
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MF. An interesting list. I have a third of the albums there. I like your descriptions (I can't wax lyrical like that) and shall check out the rest.
I'm just listening to The Battle Of Chamdo from the Gorguts album. I wasn't expecting the string arrangement. My favourite track on the album.
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Thought I'd carry over my rantings from the shout box.
Death Grips - No Love Deep Web :: Wow, this stuff hits the spot. I was thinking earlier just how much staying power "The Money Store" has for me --- I can listen to it again and again, and it only seems to get better with age. This stuff is, I believe, a reissue of earlier material? I'm not quite sure. It sounds more raw and a bit less complex than Money Store, but it works to its advantage I think. Really amazing gritty industrial rap.
Melt-Banana - Fetch :: I'm loving this stuff. Always had a special place in my heart for Agata's ridiculous chatterbox guitar work, but now it sounds like the band is channeling the spirit of Torche. Gorgeous soaring arpeggios and a more melodic sound compared to their earlier more spazzmotic stuff. Also some really great pop-ish hooks in keeping with their transition to anime theme crooners on their last few albums. File under math rock / spazzcore but also alt pop rock.
Unrelated note:
Mink's "Painted Indian" may edge out Wild Nothing's "Dancing Shell" as my favorite single this year. Insanely infectious bedroom pop rock.
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Okay, I take it back. "A Dancing Shell" is still the most amazingly catchy damn single for me this year. The music video also just takes it over the top in 80s nostalgia. It's like someone turned a portion of my inner world into a YouTube video.
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Blood Orange: Cupid Deluxe
Yet another album that's well outside my wheel house, but easily the release of the week, if not the month for me.
I think this guy is genius in the studio; just take a listen to what he's done with Solange, MKS, an Sky Ferreira. This album is no exception.
Give it a listen, you won't regret it.
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That Blood Orange record is great. Really enjoying it.
Matador Records is doing a one-day sale for 50% off their 2013 releases. Some really good deals on some great albums this year. I'd personally recommend Queens of the Stone Age, Kurt Vile, Darkside, Yo La Tengo, Majical Cloudz and Savages (the first three being must-haves from this year, IMHO).
Here's the link: http://matadorrecords.com/
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Completely unfamiliar with this composer's work; bought this based on a review in Gramophone, and I'm really digging Symphony No. 1. If you like John Adams' orchestral work, this is for you. headbang
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/burnspbesq/eichberg_zps4a073911.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/burnspbesq/media/eichberg_zps4a073911.jpg.html)
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Harold Budd - Perhaps
One of my favourite artists. I discovered him in the 80's via his work with Cocteau Twins and Brian Eno.
This work is a return to form. Just a man and a piano... bliss.
excerpts https://soundcloud.com/rootstrata/sets/harold-budd-perhaps (https://soundcloud.com/rootstrata/sets/harold-budd-perhaps)
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Completely unfamiliar with this composer's work; bought this based on a review in Gramophone, and I'm really digging Symphony No. 1. If you like John Adams' orchestral work, this is for you. headbang
Good stuff, And happy to see Christoph Poppen get a little more creative with his album covers!! :-00
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Future Islands - On the Water
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Listen, you will thank me later.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vI_kx4J8Vc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vI_kx4J8Vc)
My favorite of the album
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiGpvTA4fYM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiGpvTA4fYM)
If you like, The National. Shins, Killers, you will dig this too.
Good album. Thanks for the reco!
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Blood Orange: Cupid Deluxe
Yet another album that's well outside my wheel house, but easily the release of the week, if not the month for me.
I think this guy is genius in the studio; just take a listen to what he's done with Solange, MKS, an Sky Ferreira. This album is no exception.
Give it a listen, you won't regret it.
I haven't really consumed a lot of new music this year. Most of what I've heard has quickly faded though. I'm mining this thread for nuggets. This reco is giving me a fair bit. It channels The Weeknd in parts. I really dig it.
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Arctic Monkeys - AM
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Never been a big fan of Arctic Monkeys. Always saw them as style over substance. AM is a mature album that shatters that view. This is up there. Check it out mateys!
http://www.youtube.com/v/uimWYQcxjhk
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Bit late to this one but it's in heavy rotation at the moment. Hadn't heard this group before Spotify led me to this album. There's a kind of fusion here of Fleet Foxes, Band of Sarah Jessica Parkers, Elbow and Bon Iver. The Deluxe edition is a must, with the addition of a great live set.
http://www.youtube.com/v/jULlldN64f4
Sarah Jessica Parkers= H o r s e s (lol)
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Dream Theater's new self-titled album
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Not sure if it's been mentioned.. but London Grammar's, "If you Wait" will be on my list of favorite albums from 2013.
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In case anyone is interested, I'll be putting together my final 2013 favorites list later this week or next. There was a shit ton of good music this year, so there's a lot to go through.
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Look forward to it MF. I was going to start the best of 2013 thread, but going through the backlog has unearthed so many gems now vying for recognition. It might take me a few more weeks to solidify the year's best.
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Bought a bunch of the albums from this thread and the other best of threads. The Phosphorescent album is incredible. I can't wait to see some more recommendations
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Thought I'd plug this here too...
http://www.head-fi.org/t/626954/the-diary-entries-of-a-little-girl-in-her-30s-part-2/20265#post_10114920
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Someday I will start a group called literally "Band of Sarah Jessica Parkers" :)p1
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Two new releases for me.
Beck: Morning Phase
Pat Metheny: Kin
Both of these are outstanding!!
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The latest John Butler Trio album is pretty good. Polished but still personal and there are still instrumental highlights.
If this album is too vocals oriented, just look up his first album and his live versions.
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Laki Mera - Turn all memory to white noise
This is from 2013, but I discovered it recently. I really get lost in this album; a collection of lyrically-driven and nicely layered electronic/indie songs. Very atmospheric.
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Ahoy mateys. I've been MIA for a while, but now I've got a music blog. Here's my "favorites of 2014 so far" post with 150+ albums I've enjoyed this year:
http://www.head-fi.org/t/733770/hfb-9-8-14-apollonian-squint-150-albums-to-hear
There's a top 30, and then the rest is listed alphabetically.
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Ahoy mateys. I've been MIA for a while, but now I've got a music blog. Here's my "favorites of 2014 so far" post with 150+ albums I've enjoyed this year:
http://www.head-fi.org/t/733770/hfb-9-8-14-apollonian-squint-150-albums-to-hear
There's a top 30, and then the rest is listed alphabetically.
Good to see you around MF. Us die-hard music lovers have been manning the pumps to keep the music threads afloat.
To quote a film...
He had a message. He said, ''Tell her it's not California without you.
We want you around, like last summer.''
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I like the new album from Neil Cowley 3, they take up the baton where E.S.T left it.
(http://www.naimlabel.com/img/album/x175/NAIMCD206.jpg)
[vimeo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwmlg9wF8a4[vimeo]
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New Jukebox the Ghost out today. If you like them, you will really like this.
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Moderato Cantabile
Anja Lechner + François Couturier
LINK (http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/New_Series/2300/2367.php?lvredir=712&cat=%2FArtists%2FLechner+Anja%23%23Anja+Lechner&catid=0&doctype=Catalogue&order=releasedate&rubchooser=901&mainrubchooser=9)
A beautiful blend of works from Mompou, Gurdjieff, Komitas and Couturier. Melodic and spirited at times but predominantly relaxed and contemplative, perfect for winding down at the end of the day. The skills of the Lechner (cello) and Couturier (piano) are nicely captured, a top-notch effort from ECM. The compositions of Coutuerier do offer an interesting juxtaposition to the other works, but I found "Papillons" to contrast a little too much if you are looking for some evening respite. :)p5
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Absolutely superb in every way. A certain album-of-the-year contender. The best singer-songwriter-type record in years.
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Was wondering how this got onto my buy list...I ended up on a YouTube tangent.
Thank you for this!!
So much sadness, so beautiful. I'm hooked.
Running through this thread looking for some new music and I have to give kudos for this suggestion. Jason Isbell has ended up in my top 20 artist list. Slowly got into his older stuff too, but Southeastern is such a great album. Wish it had better recording quality though.
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Skyharbor's newest album, Guiding Lights is out. Phenomenal release for fans of djent (TesseracT, Periphery, Animals As Leaders, etc.). Initial of reviews have a lot of comparisons to Steve Wilson, such as on the "Patience" single.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzpA7EXQjLM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIL7UsNXmAo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIoDRnoalrg
Entire album is up for streaming on Basick Records' YouTube page:
http://www.youtube.com/user/basickrecords/videos (http://www.youtube.com/user/basickrecords/videos)
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This one has very good placement good songs and excellent audio quality.
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http://www.hdtracks.com/fanfare (http://www.hdtracks.com/fanfare)
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Jason Isbell's August 2013 Austin City Limits show comes out on DVD on 11/24.
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Loving the Isbell love in this thread. For those interested he had a fantastic interview with Maron on WTF a year or so ago.
Also check out his work with the Drive-By Truckers if you're not already familiar, in particular Decoration Day and Dirty South.
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What do you think of the new QOTSA album - Like Clockwork?
Too boring for me so far. I did, however enjoy their previous records. Then again my desert rock playlist nowadays is mostly populated by Truckfighters...
Thx for recommending Truckfighters btw.
You asked in another thread how HD800 fares with Opeth, i'd say its too brightly mixed for HD800, or should i point at my dac instead..
Truckfighters Mania on the other hand is incredible with HD800. The leading edges and crunch, wow.
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This is a really great sounding new release from the small Amsterdam audiophile label Sound Liaison.
If you like audiophile recording quality this is it.
(http://www.soundliaison.com/images/tony-bert-300v1.jpg)
The room was filled to the brim with audio enthusiasts, the closest listener being just a few feet from the musicians and the microphones.
When the audience is so close to the musicians, a synergy occurs. The audience becomes part of the music making and help spur the musicians on to great heights.
The musicians feeling the empathy from the audience dare to take chances that one rarely hears in a studio recording.
Tony and Bert had not performed together as a duo before, and no rehearsal had taken place prior to the Rhapsody concert, but the music these two masters of improvisation created that sunny afternoon in Rhapsody, is simply breathtaking.
The recording conditions were not ideal. The doors in the back of the room were opened several times by people trying to squeeze in, making the sound from the espresso machine in the hall and the DJ playing ambient music in the garden faintly audible at the beginning of each set. Later halfway through the concert the windows of the room had to be opened for air. The DJ turned off his music but he was immediately replaced by the sound of birds singing.
If listening closely one can hear them, chime in, in the quiet parts.
These outside factors contributed to the unique atmosphere of this recording and that is yet another reason why; Impromptu (a musical composition prompted by the spirit of the moment) is such an apt title.
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APP, how coincidental I was looking at another HD800 music suggestion thread on another site and it mentioned one of the albums from that label, I was just looking at the label's site a few hours ago.
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Rhiannon Giddens, new solo album, "Tomorrow is My Turn". Lead singer for the Carolina Chocolate Drops. Produced by "T-Bone Burnet". Folk, Gospel, Blues, check out her website, performance on the "Letterman" show. Best new female vocalist, download 96/24 from HD Tracks, can't believe no one else has mentioned this, ON TOUR SOON, CHEAP TICKETS, REALLY!!!!!!!!
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Mark Knopfler: Tracer is great new music and wonderfully recorded.