Lydia Ainsworth - Right From Real
have been really enjoying this record today. like a cross between austra and owen pallett in a kate bush kind of way
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Sunday, 7 December 2014 20:54 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, it's good. First heard "Malachite" when it was posted on some thread or another (shambala?), that's still the track that stands out for me.
I've probably posted this at least once upthread, but here are my tracks and albums Spotify playlists.
― death in Skegness (seandalai), Sunday, 7 December 2014 21:45 (nine years ago) link
Oh, and I hadn't noticed there was a new Koen Holtkamp album, thanks for the pointer pwgp!
― death in Skegness (seandalai), Sunday, 7 December 2014 21:46 (nine years ago) link
Etienne Jaumet's La Viste just found me last night, and it's massive and beautiful.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 7 December 2014 21:49 (nine years ago) link
The Koen Holtkamp album is very good! Came out in the late spring I think, plus a bonus disc of previously vinyl-only stuff.
And re Karen Gwyer - she did two EPs this year, both better than her album from last year.
Anyone who likes the ambient stuff in my list, do check Porya Hatami. He made three albums this year, all good.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Sunday, 7 December 2014 22:34 (nine years ago) link
seandalai: there was a ltd vinyl only koen holtkamp album (motion) that came out this year, but also a comp (motion: connected works) that included both that and also just about all his other solo stuff as well, with the exclusion of the first album (field rituals)
ha xp
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Sunday, 7 December 2014 22:37 (nine years ago) link
the jo johnson album would make a good fit with the holtkamp and gwyer if you haven't heard that yet pgwp.
will check the hatami, that's a new name for me
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Sunday, 7 December 2014 22:41 (nine years ago) link
Thanks xps - I love Field Rituals (and all the Mountains stuff) but kind of lost track of him for a while.
― death in Skegness (seandalai), Sunday, 7 December 2014 22:41 (nine years ago) link
Not familiar with Jo Johnson - will keep an eye out.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Sunday, 7 December 2014 22:45 (nine years ago) link
sherburne's pitchfork review: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19733-jo-johnson-weaving/
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Sunday, 7 December 2014 22:48 (nine years ago) link
good grief seandalai, your tracks playlist gets off to a booming start :)
― sosmix klopp (NickB), Sunday, 7 December 2014 23:00 (nine years ago) link
:)
order is chronological fwiw
― death in Skegness (seandalai), Monday, 8 December 2014 00:05 (nine years ago) link
seandalai i'm stealing a bunch of your albums for my own 2014 playlist
― example (crüt), Monday, 8 December 2014 17:37 (nine years ago) link
ok just make sure you give them back
― death in Skegness (seandalai), Monday, 8 December 2014 20:33 (nine years ago) link
Did you post a list as well as a link, for those of us who don't spotify?
― emil.y, Monday, 8 December 2014 22:07 (nine years ago) link
Just posted something on 2014 - Favorite Unheralded Album(s)
― death in Skegness (seandalai), Tuesday, 9 December 2014 00:21 (nine years ago) link
Sweet, thanks.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 01:42 (nine years ago) link
My favorite albums of the year:
10) Tara Jane O'Neil: Where Shine New Lights9) Spoon: They Want My Soul 8) Loscil: Sea Island7) Koen Holtkamp: Motion6) Porya Hatami: Shallow 5) Fennesz: Becs4) Hildur Gudnadottir: Saman3) Karen Gwyer: New Roof EP / Kiki the Wormhole EP2) A Winged Victory for the Sullen: Atomos1) Rebekka Karijord: Music for Film and Theater
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Thursday, 11 December 2014 17:51 (nine years ago) link
good list! have never heard of karijord though - who's she?
― Ottbot jr (NickB), Thursday, 11 December 2014 18:06 (nine years ago) link
I came across her via a column in Drowned in Sound, and I've basically never seen any other reference to her anywhere. The album is on Spotify.
She is from Finland (or was it Norway?). I might be mistaken but I believe her earlier material is more songwriter-oriented. This album is all piano, strings, voice. It can seem very "small" and fragmented on first listen but also there is some mystery to it. I kept coming back to it all year because I felt like I hadn't fully unlocked everything. It became more and more compelling as I listened to it. I'm hesitant to draw comparisons but, very broadly speaking, if you are a fan of Julia Holter or Juliana Barwick, you'll probably find something to enjoy in this album. She doesn't exactly sound like those artists but she is similarly abstract.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Thursday, 11 December 2014 18:42 (nine years ago) link
1. Total Freedom - "10,000 Screaming Faggots" & Rinse FM Podcast2. Mika Levi - "Feeling Romantic Feeling Tropical Feeling Ill"3. Xiu Xiu - "Red Guts: Angel Classroom"4. Shabazz Palaces - "Lese Majesty"5. Untold - "Echo In The Valley"6. Hank - "Showers Of Happiness"7. Against Me! - "Transgender Dysphoria Blues"8. Alessandro Cortini - "Sonno"9. Pharmakon - "Bestial Burden"10. Run The Jewels - "2"
― fgti, Friday, 12 December 2014 08:32 (nine years ago) link
Jonas Reinhardt - Ganymede
― example (crüt), Friday, 12 December 2014 21:39 (nine years ago) link
^^I spent a little time with that Jonas Reinhardt - it was good. I ought to dig it back out.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 12 December 2014 23:19 (nine years ago) link
same here!
― ya'll are the ones who don't know things (Karl Malone), Friday, 12 December 2014 23:27 (nine years ago) link
Here's my list thing.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 21 December 2014 02:21 (nine years ago) link
Nice list. Thanks for bringing Broncho to my attention - surprised that one hasn't shown up on more year-end lists.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 02:31 (nine years ago) link
My list thing here.
― o. nate, Friday, 9 January 2015 04:20 (nine years ago) link
Viva Broncho!
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 9 January 2015 04:44 (nine years ago) link
Forgot to nominate this (which came out in November on Warp) for the EOY polls but highly recommend it anyway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlFe8yfYSHw&feature=youtu.be
― groovypanda, Friday, 9 January 2015 10:40 (nine years ago) link
tbh i expected way more from her after so many years, but still nice to have some new material
― don't ask me why i posted this (electricsound), Friday, 9 January 2015 10:49 (nine years ago) link
Not sure if there's a 2015 thread. Anyway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDBJVgIVPcs
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 10:25 (nine years ago) link
Playing hard creepy Lolita and racial elements there, but she appears to know exactly what she's after.
― You're my vvondervvall (Sanpaku), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 17:10 (nine years ago) link
Rolling Favorite Tracks + Albums 2015
― Moka, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 17:22 (nine years ago) link
better late than never: i did a lil writeup. http://cancatervation.tumblr.com/post/109106029177/music-in-2014
― bae sremmurd (monotony), Sunday, 25 January 2015 15:35 (nine years ago) link
Ben Wyatt mic drop at the end is a smashing choice.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 25 January 2015 15:43 (nine years ago) link
wow, "baby love" is amazing! hell of a lot better than the "backpack" track featured on the page sanpaku linked to. tanks, panda.
― deliberately clunky, needlessly arty, (contenderizer), Sunday, 25 January 2015 16:09 (nine years ago) link