Geir, do you not like The-Dream's album? Have you heard it?
― ilxor, Saturday, 11 April 2009 18:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Geir likes The Whitest Boy alive. Yea, I know it's a real Berlin-based electro/dream pop whatevs unit but still...
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 11 April 2009 19:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Why don't people like Whitest Boy Alive? Do those same people not like Kings of Convenience?
― Mordy, Saturday, 11 April 2009 20:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Actually not even sure if I have heard of it. Recent mainstream pop has sounded better than in a long time, but it provides the act stays as straight 4/4 as possible - I cannot stand those staccato and syncopated "beats" in recent R&B.
― Geir Hongro, Sunday, 12 April 2009 17:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Great Lake Swimmers newest is pleasent and harmless
― Zeno, Sunday, 12 April 2009 17:06 (fifteen years ago) link
1 the-dream - love vs money2 yeah yeah yeahs - it's blitz3 dirty projectors - bitte orca4 ryan leslie 5 ugk - 4 life6 antony and the johnsons - the crying light7 neko case - middle cyclone8 lily allen - it's not me, it's you9 platinum pied pipers - abundance10 death - keep on knocking
― domma sonner (k3vin k.), Friday, 24 April 2009 00:43 (fifteen years ago) link
1 the-dream - love vs money2 yeah yeah yeahs - it's blitz!3 phoenix - wolfgang amadeus phoenix4 junior boys - begone dull care5 ugk - 4 life6 ryan leslie - ryan leslie7 camera obscura - my maudlin career8 dirty projectors - bitte orca9 lindstrøm & prins thomas - II10 the juan maclean - the future will come
i think the new boosie mixtape might slip in there once i listen to it also maybe RAWSE but man its really bored me so far
― pleasure p (J0rdan S.), Friday, 24 April 2009 00:49 (fifteen years ago) link
strong list releases there imo
very permeable list too - i'm strong on the top 3 but everything else is just about even
― pleasure p (J0rdan S.), Friday, 24 April 2009 00:52 (fifteen years ago) link
the long lost 'the long lost' and cortney tidwell's 'boys' are both spectacular. no idea when they are actually released.
― keythkeythkeyth, Friday, 24 April 2009 00:55 (fifteen years ago) link
lol we listen to the same shit
― domma sonner (k3vin k.), Friday, 24 April 2009 00:56 (fifteen years ago) link
xpost
the only albums i'd add to my list way up above are the it hugs back (great) and veils (good but patchy) albums..
i was gonna mention the thieves like us album.. i suppose its US release is 2009 so i guess it counts
there's lots of new stuff i haven't caught up with yet though..
― private static void (electricsound), Friday, 24 April 2009 00:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Your musical compatibility with k3vin k. is SUPER
― pleasure p (J0rdan S.), Friday, 24 April 2009 01:02 (fifteen years ago) link
right now...
Culoe de Song- The Bright ForestdOP- The Genius of the CrowdRandoplh- Ruff & Tuff singleJ*DaveyMeanderthals- Desire LinesIsolee- October Nightingale (this one is a grower, not dancefloor material, but excellent)Monika Kruse- Don't Come Close (Broombeck mx)
that's mostly stuff from this year. but in terms of old stuff, i've been listening to a shitload of ron trent, fela kuti and this amazing house and garage collection from 93
― the table is the table, Friday, 24 April 2009 01:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Randoplh- Ruff & Tuff single
right dude?
― domma sonner (k3vin k.), Friday, 24 April 2009 01:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Ten I'm pretty sure about:
DJ Koze, Reincarnations: The Remix Chapter 2001-2009 (Get Physical)Art Brut vs. Satan (Downtown)Ada, Adaptations: Mixtape #1 (Kompakt)A-Trak, FabricLive 45 (Fabric)The Juan MacLean, The Future Will Come (DFA)Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (Domino)Henrik Schwarz, Ame & Dixon, The Grandfather Paradox (BBE)Dan Deacon, Bromst (Carpark)Afrobutt, Wunderbutt (Electric Minds)Comet Gain, Broken Record Prayers (What's Your Rupture?)
Two I've only just started playing but probably like as much as anything on that list: Amadou & Mariam and the hourlong radio show posted here: http://www.duttyartz.com/2009/geko-jones-on-moglo-radio/.
― Matos W.K., Friday, 24 April 2009 02:05 (fifteen years ago) link
that's a fantastic radioshow - thanks!
― willem, Friday, 24 April 2009 20:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Top ten of 2009 so far:
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post PavilionBat for Lashes - Two SunsDoom - Born Like ThisThe-Dream - Love Vs MoneyFever Ray - Fever RayTim Hecker - An Imaginary CountryThe Juan Maclean - The Future Will ComeLSD March - Under Milk WoodMerzbow - 13 Japanese Birds [series of 13 releases]UGK - 4 Life
― ilxor, Saturday, 25 April 2009 13:22 (fifteen years ago) link
in ABC order ~akron/familyanimal collective bat for lashesblack diceboredomscirclecrippled black phoenixdecemberistsdirty projectorsemeraldsfever raygrizzly bearisiskylesamastodonpink mountaintopsomar rodriguez-lopezsuper furry animalsu2steven wilsonwooden shjips
― kamerad, Saturday, 25 April 2009 14:33 (fifteen years ago) link
adding to my list:11. Wardruna - Runaljod – Gap Var Ginnunga
It's only available on expensive import tho, and i dont know if it will be released in america :(
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 25 April 2009 14:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Wardruna is $9.99 on iTunes and $8.99 for Amazon MP3s. Worth a purchase from either place.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 25 April 2009 14:51 (fifteen years ago) link
forgot the new Future of the Left up there
― kamerad, Saturday, 25 April 2009 15:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Currently top of this years pile...
Babe, Terror - "Weekend"Emeralds - "What Happened"Black Dice - "Repo"Animal Collective - "Merriweather..."DM Stith - "Heavy Ghost"
Hoping that Sunn O))) record delivers...
― The Drumless Drum, Saturday, 25 April 2009 15:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Has there been a recent Sunn O))) record that hasn't delivered?
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Saturday, 25 April 2009 16:07 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't think so.
Best of 2009 so far for me is the first release by Netherlands Black Metallers Irrwisch: bass, drums and . . cello. Weird, but they make it work. Circulated as a demo late last year, official release 2009, so it counts.
― Soukesian, Saturday, 25 April 2009 16:28 (fifteen years ago) link
the animal collective, grizzly bear and dirty projectors albums have consisted of probably 95% of the new music i've been listening to this year. my best discovery of the year so far has been the bitters (www.myspace.com/bittersband), and favourite local release is either the red mass (www.myspace.com/redmassfce) 12" or the o-voids (www.myspace.com/theovoids) i am in love with every single one of these bands, it's been a wonderful year so far.
― samosa gibreel, Saturday, 25 April 2009 16:57 (fifteen years ago) link
I really like the electro outro on one of those songs, but three plays of Franz Ferdinand just isn't doing it for me. Could be a vocals thing. I couldn't get into the Yeah Yeah Yeahs in the store either. I'll give both more chances, though...
― Pete Scholtes, Saturday, 25 April 2009 17:27 (fifteen years ago) link
I like what I've heard of the new album, Ahora Mismo. . ., but by Puerto Rican sonera Choco Orta, but it's music for people who already like salsa, I'd say, rather than something with any likely crossover appeal.
― _Rockist__Scientist_, Saturday, 25 April 2009 19:53 (fifteen years ago) link
The SunnO))) album will melt your fucking face.
― Doran, Sunday, 26 April 2009 12:29 (fifteen years ago) link
adding to my list:11. Wardruna - Runaljod – Gap Var GinnungaIt's only available on expensive import tho, and i dont know if it will be released in america :(
I think this is the album you're referring to, and it's available on eMusic in the US. Not sure what to make of it from the samples.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 26 April 2009 12:37 (fifteen years ago) link
The only album that I can wholeheartedly endorse at the moment is the Yeah Yeah Yeahs one. I'm a little surprised it's getting so few memtions, but I suppose the hiperati finished with them an album or two ago. But it's my favorite of the three.
Not moved by Animal Collective. Can't honestly say I enjoy Fever Ray, and although I realize that may be the point, at the moment I'm feeling like liking stuff. Jury still out on Neko and Phoenix. Doves sounds leaden, Gui Boratto sounds too much like last album. Maybe I should listen to the Lily Allen, but she's vanished too far into the black hole of celebrity for me to work up much enthusiasm. Surprisingly enjoying the Lady GaGa album, although maybe that was last year. Who can tell?
― mitya, Sunday, 26 April 2009 13:42 (fifteen years ago) link
SFA, Patrick Wolf, PJ Harvey, Grizzly Bear.
― Sickamous Mouthall (Scik Mouthy), Sunday, 26 April 2009 15:03 (fifteen years ago) link
(Not ranked:)
Animal Collective, Merriweather Post PavilionBat for Lashes, Two SunsFever Ray, s/tGrizzly Bear, VeckatimestJunior Boys, Begone Dull CareThe Pains of Being Pure at Heart, s/tPhoenix, Wolfgang Amadeus PhoenixPJ Harvey and John Parish, A Woman a Man Walked ByRoyksopp, JuniorThe Whitest Boy Alive, Rules
― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Sunday, 26 April 2009 15:33 (fifteen years ago) link
still deciding about the lotus plaza album and LOtUSFLOW3R. don't know about the "crimson and clover" cover though
― kamerad, Sunday, 26 April 2009 15:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Romulo Fróes - No Chão sem o ChãoBat for Lashes - Two SunsBeirut - March of the Zapotec & Realpeople: HollandPJ Harvey and John Parish - A Woman a Man Walked ByAnimal Collective - Merriweather Post PavilionGrizzly Bear - VeckatimestFever Ray - Fever Ray
Some people ask me about contemporary Brazilian music and, well, this latest Romulo Fróes record is really worth listening. Although some will get disappointed because there's no 'exotic' flavor (which many expect from Brazilian music) in it, he really does a good job of renewing the Caetano Veloso/Jards Macalé late 70s type of songwriting.
He has allowed free download of the full record:
http://umquetenha.blogspot.com/2009/03/romulo-froes-no-chao-sem-o-chao-2009.html
― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Friday, 1 May 2009 21:28 (fifteen years ago) link
damn that really is good! thanks
― kamerad, Friday, 1 May 2009 22:16 (fifteen years ago) link
so is there any distinction between the two albums, or is it a standard double? my portuguese isn't up to the task of figuring it out
― kamerad, Friday, 1 May 2009 22:47 (fifteen years ago) link
It's a double album, but Fróes says 'first session' is sort of the angry side of the whole work. On his myspace profile says it was recorded live in just one week.
He was labeled once by the São Paulo press as an 'indie samba' singer, because he said he saw common points in the melancholy of The Cure and some samba oldies but I guess he's not fully happy with being pigeonholed like that.
― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Friday, 1 May 2009 23:12 (fifteen years ago) link
every year i hate albums a little bit more than the last
Ben Klock - OneTim Hecker - An Imaginary CountryMartyn - Great LengthsFever Ray - S/TMastadon - Crack the SkyeGroup Bombino - Guitars From Agadez Vol. 2
can't wait to hear the new NOMO
― The Macallan 18 Year, Friday, 1 May 2009 23:25 (fifteen years ago) link
cheval sombre album is really really goodseeland album exceeded my expectationscoloma going to be in my top 5 for suredreamdate lp is what slumber party should have kept sounding like
― private static void (electricsound), Saturday, 2 May 2009 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Amadou & Mariam - Welcome to Mali hasn't really shown up yet. It's my favorite by far.
― dan., Saturday, 2 May 2009 05:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Higamos Hogamos - Higamos HogamosZu - CarboniferousHerbert Henck - Das Buch Der KlängeNative Nod - Today Puberty, Tomorrow The WorldLindstrom and Prins Thomas - IIDavid Toop - Ocean Of Sound CDsGino Soccio - CloserBad Plus - For All I CareDeath - ...For The Whole World To SeeParliament - Motor Booty Affair
― Crackle Box, Saturday, 2 May 2009 11:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Vol. 5 of the B12 Archive seriesSeeland - Tomorrow Today
― henry s, Saturday, 2 May 2009 17:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Tim Hecker - An Imaginary Country― The Macallan 18 Year
― The Macallan 18 Year
Glad to see someone else mention this record, it's fucking awesome.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Saturday, 2 May 2009 18:34 (fifteen years ago) link
i found the seeland album, it's frightfully dull, down to his voice i think, it is just dreadful. the interesting people apparently are still in broadcast.
― keythkeythkeyth, Saturday, 2 May 2009 23:10 (fifteen years ago) link
It's a great album but it's from the last year
― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Sunday, 3 May 2009 00:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Amadou & Miriam came out March 2009 in the U.S.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 3 May 2009 01:14 (fifteen years ago) link
weird it was reviewed in my local alternative newspaper back in like december, maybe earlier. although they might have purposely coincided the review with the montreal stop of the tour.
also as per records worth listening to: the strange boys' "the strange boys and girls club" and here we go magic's s/t album are both wonderful albums that have gotten way too little attention.
― samosa gibreel, Sunday, 3 May 2009 04:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Lindstrom & Solale - Baby I Can’t Stop (Aeroplane Remix)Javelo - Spleen (Compuphonic Remix)Lindstrom & Prins Thomas - RothausDoves - Kingdom of Rust (Still Going Remix)Doves - Kingdom of Rust (Prins Thomas Diskomiks)Prins Thomas - FizpatrickThe Droyds - All I Ever Wanted (Prince Language Remix)Arbeid Adelt - Death Disco (Todd Terje Edit)Yuksek - Extraball (Pilooski Remix)WhoMadeWho - The Plot (Discodeine Remix)Loin Brothers - Heavy Helmet (Mock & Toof Remix)Capracara - King of the Witches (Rub N Tug Remix)Free Disco - Left Field BoogieDen Haan - Release the BeastHigamos Hogamos - Major Blitzkrieg (Mickey Moonlight Remix)Sea Skid - SwamiGood Guy Mikesh & Filburt - Someone Told MeThe Private - My Secret Lover (Lifelike Remix)Bottin - No Static (Club Version)Zombi - Sapphire (Escort Remix)House of House - Rushing to ParadiseSimon Baker - Way Out of My HeadGus da Hoodrat - The Finger Prince, Part 5Mr. Oizo - Postif (Hoodrat’s Acid Done Ate My Animals Edit)Cassette Kids - Acrobat (Outlaws Party Mix)
― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 6 May 2009 23:08 (fifteen years ago) link