Rolling fave tracks + albums 2014

Jason Lescalleet - Much to My Demise

What's this like, Moka? I've delved into Graham Lambkin's back catalogue but I don't know much about Lescaleet

if you told me i'd like a Rick Ross album better than a Future album this year I'd be wtf but unfortunately that was what happened

even though Ross still ain't shit as a rapper

What's this like, Moka? I've delved into Graham Lambkin's back catalogue but I don't know much about Lescaleet

― 3kDk (dog latin)

If you enjoyed the Lambkin/Lescaleet release you know what to expect. It's only three tracks long, the first song is a deconstructed, melancholic piano ballad (so, similar to Stars of the Lid or the Breadwinner collaboration with Lambkin), the second one is a drone/tape piece and the last one is between drone and noise music.

If you never heard him before I'd recommend starting with The Pilgrim instead of this one, but this one is definitely one of the top 5 albums I've heard of him for me.

will check. 'photographs' was my second fave album of last year.

Mentioning this because it's so out of left field. Turning into one of my favorite albums of the year. Anyway...

Revolution in the Elbow of Ragnar Agnarsson Furniture Painter (soundtrack) - Ivar Pall Jonsson

This has been discussed in the afrobeats thread, but it deserves a mention here. Possibly my song of the year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDHBe1BA-Nk

Don't have much to add here at the moment (everyone has heard of Twigs and my year is fairly backloaded with forthcoming releases).

But I do think Novos Mistérios, by Italian percussion duo Ninos du Brasil deserves a bigger audience:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO5BOLIV2S4

Great recommendation Sanpaku! I'm listening to it now and it sounds amazing.

The suggested artists on Spotify is confusing though:

Connan Mockasin, Fuck Buttons, Broadcast, Actress

I'd say it's more in line with Shackleton, Africa Hi-tech, Tokimonsta or A tribe called Red.

the whole album, especially that track and the final (title) track, is terrific

whoa this is good stuff!

yeah, that sounds good! another italian thing i'm kind of enjoying atm is the clap! clap! album 'tayi bebba' which is basically samples of various african recordings over footwork beats. might sound like a clunky concept but it's pretty engaging music. there's definitely the whole issue of cultural appropriation to be wrestled with though

10 random albums that could all do with more love:

Vessel - Punish, Honey
Jenny Hval & Susanna - Meshes of Voice
Esben & the Witch - A New Nature
Suicideyear - Remembrance
Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness
Emma Ruth Rundle - Some Heavy Ocean
Leon Vynehall - Music For The Uninvited
HTRK - Psychic 9-5 Club
OOIOO - Gamel
Ital - Endgame

thanks, haven't heard many of these. I like the OOIOO album - intend to spend a bit more time with it though as I'm not always in the mood.

get on that vessel album imo, it's kind of this year's answer to last year's james holden album

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RhJY9ZeYqw

*whisper it* wasn't mad on the holden album but i'll give it a go.

So far:

Meshell Ndegeocello - Comet Come to Me
Seven that Spells - Death and Resurrection of Krautrock: IO
David Kilgour and the Heavy Eights - End Times Undone
Khun Narin Electric Phin Band - s/t
Black Bananas - Electric Brick Wall
Sungod - Vision Space

I need to hear the HTRK. i liked their last one.

Never listened to HTRK before this album. I bought it off a whim and have listened to it a few times nothing really caught my attention. Guess I'm still waiting for it to sink in.

(in no order)
Julius Steinhoff ‎– Flocking Behaviour
The Bug - Angels and Devils
Grouper - Ruins
Gesloten Cirkel - Submit X
Kassem Mosse - Workshop 19
EyeHateGod - Eyehategod
Freddie Gibbs and Madlib - Pinata
Aphex Twin - Syro

One of my friends turned me on to Broncho last year, but the new album Just Enough Hip To Be Woman came out two weeks ago and it's so goddamn good. Indie rock and me rarely see eye to eye anymore, but I'm definitely feelin' what this band is doing.

^^^ I second that, their album is excellent.

Still making my way through Nude Beach's 77 but there are some clear standouts already - sounds like an excellent companion to some of the more sprawling recent Sloan albums.

http://pitchfork.com/advance/571-ii/

Objekt - Flatland
dEUS - Selected Songs 1994-2014

Khun Narin - Khun Narin's Electric Phin Band
Hildur Gudnadottir - Saman
Vashti Bunyan - Heartleap
Jennifer Castle - Pink City
Stanislav Tolkachev - Right Angle
Columns - Please Explode
Yuka - Episodes Of Yesterday
Call Super - Suzi Ecto
Earth - Primitive And Deadly
Bitchin Bajas - S/T
The Lowest Form - Negative Ecstasy
Richard Pinhas & Oren Ambarchi - Tikkun

That Jennifer Castle album Pink City is a masterpiece btw.

great list xelab. at least the stuff i already know from it - i'll have to check out the rest

Have you heard the Jennifer Castle one yet? I feel sorry for anyone who hasn't, seriously it is a masterpiece.

i'm listening to it right now. very in my wheelhouse - it's fantastic.

String arrangements by an esteemed Ilx poster as well!

that khun narin is the jam for sure

> Richard Pinhas & Oren Ambarchi - Tikkun

Sheesh, I've been trying to keep up with Oren Ambarchi and it looks like he's been releasing something new every month.

Two usual suspects:

Matthew Shipp - I've Been to Many Places
Maria Rita - Coração a Batucar

I decided to start pulling together cover art for albums I've been into for any extended period of time this year, and went ahead and included the Röyksopp and Javiera Mena because I'm pretty sure they'll be in heavy rotation once they arrive (and also because I needed two more for the grid).

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

Row 1:
Archipelago - Archipelago Matters
Betty Who - Take Me When You Go
Broncho - Just Enough Hip to Be Woman
Dum Dum Girls - Too True
FKA twigs - LP1
Gulp - Season Sun

Row 2:
Halasan Bazar & Tara King th. - 8
Ibibio Sound Machine - Ibibio Sound Machine
Javiera Mena - Otra Era
Jessica Lea Mayfield - Make My Head Sing
Jessie Ware - Tough Love
Le Prince Miiaou - Where Is the Queen?

Row 3:
Lykke Li - I Never Learn
MØ - No Mythologies to Follow
Mr Twin Sister - Mr Twin Sister
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project
The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers
Nottee - Side By Side

Row 4:
Pretties for You - We Have Our Reasons
Röyksopp - The Inevitable End
Sacco - Sacco
Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
Tensnake - Glow
Thea & The Wild - Strangers and Lovers

Row 5:
The Jezabels - The Brink
The Juan Maclean - In a Dream
The Proper Ornaments - Wooden Head
Tinashe - Aquarius
Tomas Barfod - Love Me
Woman's Hour - Conversations

some nice selections there

Pretties for You - We Have Our Reasons

this album deserves attention

women's hour is v good too

thanks for this grid Johnny Fever, I am going to listen to the albums I am not familiar with based on my fondness for the albums I am actually familiar with and your good work in the Shambhala of Not Indie Not Pop.

FYI that Nottee album is produced by Henning Furst of The Tough Alliance.

I've been waiting for a Nottee full length for forever, and it does not disappoint.

That's a great set JF and very aligned with my own this year! There's at least 10 of those albums in my own list. Will share it later on the year.

This is actually a 2013 release!

Le Prince Miiaou - Where Is the Queen?

Everything I've found online about it says it came out in January of '14.

Yes, you're right. My bad, spotify and itunes have it as 2013 but the official release was 27 Jan 2014

Add Blue Planet Eyes by The Preatures to my list. What a damn good record.

Can't find that Jennifer Castle album on Spotify or Rhapsody. "Pink City" the song sounds great.

yeah the preatures' album doesn't quite hit the high watermark of something like days are gone but it gets close

I was just ambushed by this song in a Chipotle. Although the album is 2013 the song seems to have been "singled" or w/e in 2014:

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

Ohh wow that Jennifer Castle album is great.

She played this song at my best friend's wedding at I cried and cried. She rules

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3UnrNONKmE&t=2m27s

(song starts at 2:27)

Anyone else knocked out by 'No Deal' by Melanie De Biasio? Surprised no mention yet on ILM. If you like any of the following, do seek it out.
- Spririt Of Eden or Mark Hollis (not as in exact soundalikes but as in, if you put it on after one of these, you wouldn't be dramatically altering the mood)
- albums that sound good on your bourgeois stereo and make you want to turn the lights down and listen all the way through
- minimalist arrangements and running time (33mins long)
- "Belgium's own Billie Holiday", one review said