Yes, Puressence are still around, and I think the new album is as good as anything they've done, and maybe better. Think somewhere between Muse and the Delays...
― glenn mcdonald, Sunday, 24 February 2008 20:14 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm always amazed by the lists you come up with, Xhuxk.
― Dan S, Sunday, 24 February 2008 20:18 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm looking forward to the Boris and Earth albums v. much as well
― stephen, Sunday, 24 February 2008 23:11 (sixteen years ago) link
je suis animal 'self taught magic from a book', top indiepop record of the year so far. ambition is such an odd thing for an indiepop band to have. the days ep is also excellent.
― keythkeyth, Sunday, 24 February 2008 23:57 (sixteen years ago) link
I like your blog, D5. BTW, the disc I discovered there that has captured most of my attention is Marco Benevento's Invisible Baby. But is it jazz? Sounds more rock to me.
Anyway, I likely wouldn't have ever heard of it otherwise. So thanks.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 25 February 2008 02:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Think somewhere between Muse and the Delays...
...oops. (More on the Muse front.)
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 25 February 2008 02:21 (sixteen years ago) link
but they were kinda always a bit like that
― electricsound, Monday, 25 February 2008 02:30 (sixteen years ago) link
and when i say a bit i mean a lot
Can somebody link me to the Dimension 5ive blog of which Daniel, Esq., speaks?
― Patrick South, Monday, 25 February 2008 02:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Cave 17. Or at least I assume it's D5's blog, based on a comment he made upthread.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 25 February 2008 02:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Are pixeltan releasing their album this year?
-- I know, right?, Saturday, 23 February 2008 14:38 (2 days ago) Link
this is the chinese democracy of the dfa-loser generation
― elan, Monday, 25 February 2008 02:43 (sixteen years ago) link
blind boys of alabama, down in new orleans nik bartsch's ronin, holon
― Jordan, Monday, 25 February 2008 02:51 (sixteen years ago) link
bang on a can's live recording of music for airports is pretty stunning
― kamerad, Monday, 25 February 2008 02:54 (sixteen years ago) link
IT'S NOT A BLOG, GUYS! </D5>
― The Reverend, Monday, 25 February 2008 03:05 (sixteen years ago) link
...it's a LIFESTYLE.
(*cue the Reverend driving off in a sweet ride, cackling...*)
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 25 February 2008 03:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah. What is it, then? It certainly looks like a group blog in its layout, and the posts look like blog-type entries.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 25 February 2008 03:07 (sixteen years ago) link
It's looks like a blog, it smells like a blog, it quacks like a blog, but..... IT'S NOT A BLOG!!!
You'll have to ask D5 about that. He seems quite insistent about its unbloggedry.
― The Reverend, Monday, 25 February 2008 03:12 (sixteen years ago) link
it's more of a ... web...log, if you will.
― Hurting 2, Monday, 25 February 2008 03:23 (sixteen years ago) link
ugh
― Dimension 5ive, Monday, 25 February 2008 03:35 (sixteen years ago) link
it's a blugh
BLUGH! A Music Discussion War
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 25 February 2008 03:48 (sixteen years ago) link
Blugh: Defined.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 25 February 2008 04:01 (sixteen years ago) link
ANYWAY, MY POINT WAS THAT I LIKED IT: WHETHER BLOG OR BLUGH.
thanks daniel, i appreciate it
i dont really want it to be a blog because that implies 'when we have time for it' rather than a regular sort of thing...but we dont really have time for it so whatever
― Dimension 5ive, Monday, 25 February 2008 04:09 (sixteen years ago) link
No problemo. Thanks for alerting me to the Benevento disc. It's a nice find (and on eMusic, too!).
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 25 February 2008 04:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Does Mary J., which came out 12.18.07. count here?
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Monday, 25 February 2008 09:43 (sixteen years ago) link
sure why not.
― The Brainwasher, Monday, 25 February 2008 09:44 (sixteen years ago) link
OK then. It sounds grebt.
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Monday, 25 February 2008 09:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Foals album sounds good off one listen.
― Scik Mouthy, Monday, 25 February 2008 11:13 (sixteen years ago) link
Since it came out late in 2007, and since I didn't hear the whole thing until this year, I will once again mention Ñejo & Dalmata's debut album Broke & Famous. This is a new and collected songs CD, since some of these tracks have been kicking around for a little while. With help from producer Danny Fornaris, they have their own distinctive sound. Reggaeton, yes, but the sounds swirling around are a bit different, and the way they hit the rhythm sometimes gives it a different feeling. Plus, really only about half the songs are dembow. I'm hoping The Reverend will eventually describe this stuff adequately, so I don't have to keep trying. There's a merengue (okay, merengueton), a cumbia, a weird dancey rocky song ("Mi Dia de Suerte"), a song with Chyno Nyno, some hip-hop, a funny ska/rock version of one of the other songs, a really bad salsa track, etc.
Pasarela Algo Musical
― _Rockist__Scientist_, Monday, 25 February 2008 12:38 (sixteen years ago) link
9. Sioux City Pete & The Beggars (Steel Cage) Sioux City Pete and the Beggars -- give them sex and money I had my sights on blunt/dumb with that thread title and shot it right in the foot, no wonder no one bit. But yes, Necro Blues is 2006 actually, and quite lovely.
― RabiesAngentleman, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 02:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Sebastien Tellier of course.
― Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 03:40 (sixteen years ago) link
The Foals sounded good when I saw them in a bar.
― the higgs, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 05:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Brutal Knights
― contenderizer, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 05:19 (sixteen years ago) link
growing, el guincho, goldfrapp, diebold, box
― maarten, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 17:43 (sixteen years ago) link
new AMC album is lovely. Raveonettes album is excellent, their best album by far. New Goldfrapp is great.
― akm, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 18:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Mountain Battles!
:)
― SeekAltRoute, Thursday, 28 February 2008 00:39 (sixteen years ago) link
anyone heard the new El Perro Del Mar LP? if it's got a couple of tracks like 'Dog' and 'I Can't Talk About It' on it i'll be happy
― blueski, Thursday, 28 February 2008 14:14 (sixteen years ago) link
No djmartian shortlist of 400 albums, no thread credibility.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Thursday, 28 February 2008 14:20 (sixteen years ago) link
2008 - first quarter - boring
― Zeno, Tuesday, 1 April 2008 22:10 (sixteen years ago) link
the new one hasn't worked its magic on me yet. but then again, i've not been in the mood for her style at all. in fact, apart from the new Black Dog album, i have had a skinny 1st quarter.
i wanted the MGMT to be the great album of 2008, but its fucked beyond belief (not dave fridmanns fault - but grel calbi according to my checks), so i'm still waiting.
― mark e, Tuesday, 1 April 2008 22:16 (sixteen years ago) link
i cant pass beyond track 5 in the MGMT. the thing is, the future also doesnt look so promising
― Zeno, Tuesday, 1 April 2008 22:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Additions to my list up there: Be Your Own Pet, Torche, Boris
― DJ Mencap, Tuesday, 1 April 2008 22:35 (sixteen years ago) link
so far: foals, bob mould, mountain goats, boris (is that out yet? er ...), 5ive ... that's not bad so far, is it?
i think i'd probably like the vampire weekend album but i just. cannot. be. arsed.
eagerly, eagerly awaiting new M83 and notwist.
― grimly fiendish, Tuesday, 1 April 2008 22:41 (sixteen years ago) link
rings, fuck buttons, spiritualized, autechre. these are a few of my favorite things.
― Creeztophair, Tuesday, 1 April 2008 23:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Pretty good (and definitely worth attention, though not necessarily amazing): Dengue Fever's Venus on Earth.
― _Rockist__Scientist_, Tuesday, 1 April 2008 23:06 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah dengue fever is good.also vampire weekend,destroyer,mgmt.
― Zeno, Tuesday, 1 April 2008 23:09 (sixteen years ago) link
New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) is the most solid album i've heard this year
― blueski, Tuesday, 1 April 2008 23:12 (sixteen years ago) link
current top 10 albums, actual 2008 releases:
1. Legless – Finding Mr. Perfect (leglesstheband.com) 2. Dolly Parton – Backwoods Barbie (Dolly) 3. Ross Johnson – Make It Stop! The Most Of Ross Johnson (Goner) 4. Lil Mama – Voice of the Young People (Jive/Zomba) 5. Amanda Shaw – Pretty Runs Out (Rounder) 6. Phil Vassar – Prayer Of A Common Man (Universal) 7. Opeth – Watershed (Roadrunner) 8. Lazy Magnet – Is Music Even Good? (Corleone) 9. The Mother Truckers – Let’s All Go To Bed (Funzao) 10. New Bloods – The Secret Life (K EP)
― xhuxk, Tuesday, 1 April 2008 23:12 (sixteen years ago) link
I have really, really enjoyed:
Heretic Pride Erykah Badu's crazypants album Crystal Castles (who knew?????)
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 1 April 2008 23:23 (sixteen years ago) link