Rolling fave tracks + albums 2014

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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 Lights
9) Spoon: They Want My Soul
8) Loscil: Sea Island
7) Koen Holtkamp: Motion
6) Porya Hatami: Shallow
5) Fennesz: Becs
4) Hildur Gudnadottir: Saman
3) Karen Gwyer: New Roof EP / Kiki the Wormhole EP
2) A Winged Victory for the Sullen: Atomos
1) 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 Podcast
2. 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

Oh, and I hadn't noticed there was a new Koen Holtkamp album, thanks for the pointer pwgp!

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

two weeks pass...

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


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