yep yep
obsessed
― ✇ (Tape Store), Sunday, 7 August 2011 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.avclub.com/articles/exclusive-stream-jennifer-oconnor-steps-out-on-her,64888/
Gorgeous
― Mordy, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 17:17 (twelve years ago) link
New Frida Hyvönen:
http://svtplay.se/v/2711638
I thought her first two albums were completely brilliant, perfectly delivered heartbroken piano-pop, but this is a slight turn of direction that really works.
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 16 February 2012 13:37 (twelve years ago) link
One of the happiest things for me is when this thread is updated :P
I've got a ton of stuff to post here soon... I'll check out Hyvonen tho right away.
― Mordy, Thursday, 16 February 2012 14:57 (twelve years ago) link
Ok, so stuff from this year that seems relevant to this thread. All of it is available on Spotify:
http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/host.madison.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/47/047d9454-4090-11e1-8432-0019bb2963f4/4f14a23543b1c.image.jpg
Kathleen Edwards - Voyageur (my fave album of the year so far, despite only 5 really strong songs - but they're really really good!)Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/2CjPZev1d4F9fVnRV4TcQh
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr6tu6AGx41qzszr3.jpg
First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar (some good stuff, despite Conor Oberst showing up on a few tracks)Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/3zmPFx2ilVB0nx2XKVH5Qc
http://www.the-tune.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/ae8ac1cabf7feac7505d66d8e1a74125.jpg
Ani DiFranco - Which Side Are You On? (not a huge fan of hers, or this album)http://open.spotify.com/album/5aIEUKZZzFuFOY1yciFh6U
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6eWUNusUJQA/Twrd-wQ1CsI/AAAAAAAACSg/3YXKeSQATq0/s640/LG_LaGrande_Small.jpeg
Laura Gibson - La Grande (kinda laura viers / alela diane / acidey folk vibe from Portland)Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/4ixzvUAUHm17jojcasFupf
http://media.prefixmag.com/site_media/uploads/images/post/h/hospitality/hospitality_jpg_630x640_q85.jpg
Hospitality - Hospitality (debut - i think - album from Brooklyn based Amber Papini fronted band, single 'Friends of Friends' kinda reminds me of Michelle Shocked style urban folk / Regina Spektor anti-folk)Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/0CcRg0EwFcCKw99gLIcOCQ
http://survivingthegoldenage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Grace-Woodroofe-Always-Want.jpg
Grace Woodroofe - Always Want (i think this one is actually from 2011, but i didn't hear it until recently: bluesy and she's got really fabulous vox)Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/7KEFYylXXJkokbWC90Frz8
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/417gqe8p6-L._SL500_AA300_.jpg
Madison Violet - The Good in Goodbye (another 2011 - i think - release that i only recently got to hear - Canadian folk, maybe i'm more impressed by the cover than the music which largely recalls Dixie Chicks tbh, 'Goin Away' for some reason evoking Meg + Dia for me)Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/5Br5a4ZmMboIw1Qzo0L02h
http://www.behindthehype.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/the-civil-wars-barton-hollow.jpg
The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow (really beautiful - i didn't know about this album until they won the Grammy for best folk. it's got that Americana folk/blues sound aka Alison Krauss-esque that the voters love so much. Joy Williams shares vocal duties with John Paul White)Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/7wmwaIt99NVwdOc7Z8jXYK
Also special mention to Lacuna Coil - Dark Adrenaline which doesn't really fit this thread but I don't think we have a female fronted metal thread yet (altho if j3ff is reading this: we should have one!)
Anything else so far this year I'm missing that is good? I haven't heard the Grimes album yet -- would that fit here?
― Mordy, Sunday, 19 February 2012 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
i really like this song by claire cronin (LA-based musician/artist/poet), she has a kind of oldham-ish vocal warble:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Qw4h7Expw
― yorba linda carlisle (donna rouge), Thursday, 14 June 2012 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
New Dar Williams album IN THE TIME OF GODS, is my fave thing she's done in a decade. "I Am The One Who Will Remember Everything" is a highlight:
http://youtu.be/4NjB6gUbAMk
― to welcome jer.fairall, pie is served. (jer.fairall), Friday, 15 June 2012 02:15 (twelve years ago) link
Gah!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NjB6gUbAMk
some other albums that fit (ok, some of this stuff stretches the definition substantially, but it's all great) that i've liked this year:
V/A - The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyondhttp://open.spotify.com/album/45nqVXRAW0xv0wpU9JljPN
Karen Dalton - 1966 (recorded in 1966, but maybe my album of the year)http://open.spotify.com/album/1K7tpapZGd6Ax1YA2vXNEA
Nneka - Soul is Heavyhttp://open.spotify.com/album/2y8fPjPCWanp8VbAIycIaT
Mirel Wagner - Mirel Wagnerhttp://open.spotify.com/album/33jmg7nlISoNdjKXhC0IpR
Lyriel - Leverage (gothic metal, actually, but close enough)http://open.spotify.com/album/6eVtM5u0K3DXbOFUajNaIo
Colleen Green - Milo Goes to Comptonhttp://open.spotify.com/album/3maiMpeCNMkpxxwGngBmdo
Sarah Aroeste - Garcia (ladino)
Marissa Nadler - The Sisterhttp://open.spotify.com/album/3pmoAaokJOGLTaXViwejVc
― Mordy, Sunday, 17 June 2012 16:38 (twelve years ago) link
loving new Cat Power which i think is still streaming over at NPR
little spotify playlist of this thread type music: http://open.spotify.com/user/mordys/playlist/74xrKvuYOArQjAWXYulk0G
um, i hope he doesn't mind me reposting him but curmudgeon on rolling favorite music thread recommends (and totally fits the vibe here):
I have never heard the Crutchfield sisters who are involved in 2 of Jon Caramanica of the NY Times fave indie-rock albums of the year (I have also not noticed anyone repping for them here, but maybe I mised the thread)They’re 23 now, these twins, and even though the Ackleys are just a memory, the Crutchfields have continued, forming one band after the next, building a series of cult followings and arriving at the present moment with gale force. Separately they’ve made two of the year’s best and most affecting indie rock albums: “American Weekend” (Don Giovanni), by Waxahatchee, Katie’s solo project, which was released in January, and the self-titled debut album (on Salinas) by Allison’s band Swearin’, which was released in June.http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/02/arts/music/allison-and-katie-crutchfield-twins-go-separate-ways.html?_r=1&ref=arts
They’re 23 now, these twins, and even though the Ackleys are just a memory, the Crutchfields have continued, forming one band after the next, building a series of cult followings and arriving at the present moment with gale force. Separately they’ve made two of the year’s best and most affecting indie rock albums: “American Weekend” (Don Giovanni), by Waxahatchee, Katie’s solo project, which was released in January, and the self-titled debut album (on Salinas) by Allison’s band Swearin’, which was released in June.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/02/arts/music/allison-and-katie-crutchfield-twins-go-separate-ways.html?_r=1&ref=arts
― Mordy, Sunday, 2 September 2012 23:35 (eleven years ago) link
also not on spotify but aimee wilson has a new album out that incorporates sacred harp influences which is def worth checking out, if only bc sacred harp is pretty awesome
― Mordy, Sunday, 2 September 2012 23:38 (eleven years ago) link
Of related interest (though not strictly a singer-songwriter in the narrowest sense):
Company of Thieves
(though absolutely nobody I know virtually or in real life seems remotely as excited by Genevieve Schatz and this band as I am.)
― the optics aren't what they look like (_Rudipherous_), Monday, 3 September 2012 03:33 (eleven years ago) link
Meanwhile there are a lot of names on this thread I can't remember if I've ever tried out, so I should get busy.
― the optics aren't what they look like (_Rudipherous_), Monday, 3 September 2012 03:35 (eleven years ago) link
Dar Williams' "I Am The One Who Will Remember Everything" sound like a cover to me but I can't figure out from where and Google just points back to Williams. Any ideas? Maybe something it sounds a lot like?
― Mordy, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 12:37 (eleven years ago) link
Nina Nastasia is apparently going to record another album w/Albini soon, according to an interview w/Albini
also she supposedly had a band with Kim Deal o_O
― Jandek at the Disco (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 15:27 (eleven years ago) link
listening to this nina nielsen album, 'love and terror in the wilderness'. i have not so much tolerance for breathy scandinavian voices these days but the music is very sparse and moody and just interesting enough. people who liked the mirel wagner might enjoy this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLunRzzw5m0
― these wilburys taste like wilburys (donna rouge), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 19:43 (eleven years ago) link
that was maybe not the most ringing endorsement but i do really like this song^
― these wilburys taste like wilburys (donna rouge), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 19:46 (eleven years ago) link
Noa Babayof - From A Window To A Wall
sad chamber-folk album, released in 2007 and immediately ignored despite the Greg Weeks/Espers connection. listen if you like Marissa Nadler and Nick Drake or if "Give Me a Smile" is your favorite Sibylle Baier song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrQBGWsGIO4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2WG6raAJnM
― and yet (unregistered), Thursday, 1 November 2012 03:43 (eleven years ago) link
the whole album is on on bandcamp actually. I didn't realize it was originally released in Israel (she moved from there to Philadelphia for the sake of her music). it doesn't seem like she's released anything else in the past 5 years.
― and yet (unregistered), Thursday, 1 November 2012 13:21 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.stolenrecordings.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/The-Moths-Are-Real.jpg
Serafina Steer - The Moths Are Real
Really pretty I thought! Anyway, the first fs-s of the new year I've heard and enjoyed. A little glittery, shimmering but her voice is very light and pleasant.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 15 January 2013 19:49 (eleven years ago) link
is the rolling female singer-songwriter thread sexist?
― some dude, Tuesday, 15 January 2013 20:49 (eleven years ago) link
definitely
― Mordy, Tuesday, 15 January 2013 20:50 (eleven years ago) link
no mention of Mariee Sioux on this incredibly sexist thread? she's Alela Diane's soul sister, apparently.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmF6DmQoqEE
― naadje draadje (unregistered), Wednesday, 16 January 2013 21:17 (eleven years ago) link
not just sexist but incomplete!
― Mordy, Wednesday, 16 January 2013 21:43 (eleven years ago) link
Sera Cahoone:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I1NfjXCcAc
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Monday, 21 January 2013 10:52 (eleven years ago) link
Thumbs up on the Serafina Steer album, nice record!
― a la recherche du tempbans perdu (NickB), Thursday, 24 January 2013 14:39 (eleven years ago) link
http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/files/2013/01/samantha-crain-kidface-cover.jpg
― Mordy, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 23:47 (eleven years ago) link
so this samantha crain album is pretty great
― Mordy, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 15:26 (eleven years ago) link
Only one listen in, but this new Waxahatchee sounds exactly like Kathleen Edwards recording an early Liz Phair record, to me, so I think I'm gonna like it.
― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Saturday, 16 March 2013 17:45 (eleven years ago) link
Someone over on the Electric Mole Forums (a Shiina Ringo board) has good things to say about Torres, who sounds okay to me (the whole singer-writer deal isn't really my thing most of the time):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkSLJOZX62w
― The Pistol Annie Sprinkles (_Rudipherous_), Sunday, 7 April 2013 14:58 (eleven years ago) link
Cibelle put out a new song yesterday and... wow?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc-BL1fav5U
― flamboyant goon tie included, Saturday, 27 July 2013 22:23 (ten years ago) link
That Torres album is briliant.
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 28 July 2013 09:33 (ten years ago) link
the new kt tunstall record is incredible
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 18:50 (ten years ago) link
just these gorgeous and spare arrangements; the way the elements build softly out of the track on stuff like "crescent moon" and "chimes" is breathtaking. the songs are simple, sharp, super pretty
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 18:54 (ten years ago) link
Nadine Shaw doesn't seem to have been mentioned on ilx. Gloomy. Album on Spotify now. I like it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkg-BZI-WRA
― Eyeball Kicks, Wednesday, 7 August 2013 13:41 (ten years ago) link
Sorry, Nadine Shah.
http://d3c1jucybpy4ua.cloudfront.net/data/18204/main_article/Laura-Veirs-album-cover-Warp-Weft.jpg?1375166305
Laura Veirs - Warp + Weft
― Mordy , Monday, 19 August 2013 11:21 (ten years ago) link
huh. I don't like it nearly as well as the last two. not much to hold onto. also FUUUUUUCK that A. Bird whistling solo in the 2nd tune, what the hell guys
― combination hair (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 19 August 2013 14:57 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JxwSMUd6E8
^ Laura Groves who previously went under the name Blue Roses. It's *very* Bat For Lashes/Kate Bush but I like it anyhow.
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Friday, 11 October 2013 11:55 (ten years ago) link
have i mentioned how much i love the new laura veirs?
― Mordy , Wednesday, 6 November 2013 00:47 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, it's pretty great.
― a fifth of misty beethoven (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 6 November 2013 02:17 (ten years ago) link
http://www.npr.org/2014/06/01/317090235/first-listen-first-aid-kit-stay-gold?ft=1&f=1039
― Mordy, Monday, 2 June 2014 19:22 (ten years ago) link
http://www.npr.org/2014/09/07/345594161/first-listen-lia-ices-ices
― Mordy, Monday, 8 September 2014 20:30 (nine years ago) link
thank god 4 npr first listen amirite?
http://s11.postimg.org/vrdvszy83/Beccy_Owen_Imago_album_cover.png
Beccy Owen – Imago
My favourite album in years, and maybe the most universal one she'll ever make. The story is fairly self-explanatory. Quite simple arrangements, mostly just voice and piano, and it's not a long album at all. Just right. Great songwriting, especially on the second half (the sad bit).
Listen at https://open.spotify.com/album/6fysZ4KUlXw6bWqOwYwea2(Bandcamp is less listening, more buying)
Beccy Owen's other work has covered things like musical theatre, lullabies, an upcoming charity album mourning the British socio-political situation, and other such commercial shoo-ins.
― flyingtrain (sbahnhof), Saturday, 12 September 2015 11:59 (eight years ago) link
so far this year:
Jesca Hoop - Memories Are NowAimee Mann - Mental IllnessLaura Marling - Semper FeminaMiranda Lee Richards - Existential BeastNicole Atkins - Goodnight Rhonda Lee
― Mordy, Monday, 24 July 2017 23:40 (six years ago) link
The Aimee and Laura records have multiple highlights, definitely.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Monday, 24 July 2017 23:41 (six years ago) link
the new waxahatchee album also tremendous but u already know that
― Mordy, Monday, 24 July 2017 23:49 (six years ago) link
Sunny Sweeney - Trophy
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 24 July 2017 23:55 (six years ago) link
i was listening to that a lot last night. pretty uneven imo. some great tracks but stuff like "nothing wrong with texas," or "i feel like hank williams tonight" just feel terribly trite
― Mordy, Tuesday, 25 July 2017 00:09 (six years ago) link