Time travel got claimed by the bleeps (or were they bloops?) and YOUR ILLUSTRIOUS HOST has selected to further personalise this, the cream of 2019's psych/avant/weird-pop litany.
We begin our cosmic roundel with LOST CROWNS, surely to be confirmed in the pantheon upon the January 25 release of their debut album Every Night Something Happens. Here's a taste:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guTLvKG3IZM
YOUR OWN contributions are gleefully accepted, but heed: they ought herk, and jerk.
(h/t Tim for the name!)
― imago, Friday, 4 January 2019 20:42 (five years ago) link
Are we going to include indiepop here? I think we are. The following Of Montreal-esque wonder was shown to me by tt and on first listen I'm blown away. Behold...Scary Jokes
https://thescaryjokes.bandcamp.com
― imago, Sunday, 13 January 2019 14:36 (five years ago) link
Listening to ILX Listen: 2019
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 16 January 2019 17:02 (five years ago) link
It is here!
https://lostcrowns.bandcamp.com/
― imago, Friday, 25 January 2019 07:43 (five years ago) link
Sounds pretty good on first listen!
― MaresNest, Friday, 25 January 2019 16:51 (five years ago) link
Isn't it marvellous?
― imago, Friday, 25 January 2019 17:19 (five years ago) link
Ooooooooh this is really good
― don't let's be beastly to the gammons (ultros ultros-ghali), Saturday, 26 January 2019 22:06 (five years ago) link
Cheer-Accident vibes on the first track
― don't let's be beastly to the gammons (ultros ultros-ghali), Saturday, 26 January 2019 22:07 (five years ago) link
:)
it's all monstrously brilliant but the odd-numbered tracks stand out from the even-numbered ones, perhaps
'she saved me' might be the pick. what an exceptionally beautiful composition
― imago, Saturday, 26 January 2019 23:46 (five years ago) link
man you weren't kidding about this album, this is great
also reminds me that I haven't heard the second Stars in Battledress album yet
― frogbs, Friday, 1 February 2019 15:14 (five years ago) link
You must see to that then frogbs, The Women From The Ministry is their finest song.
― MaresNest, Friday, 1 February 2019 15:54 (five years ago) link
So I missed this! I mean I saw them recently and I know they have more stuff coming, but...
https://spratleysjaps.bandcamp.com/album/her-hands
― imago, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 12:57 (five years ago) link
liking lost crowns :D
― nxd, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 12:58 (five years ago) link
nice that we can still visit each other's halves of the time travel house, haha
― imago, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 13:10 (five years ago) link
this Anthroprophh is from last year but it's worth hearing
https://youtu.be/Ic1NN14ySJ4
― aquaman goes to college (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 24 February 2019 09:10 (five years ago) link
^that first segment is just Trout Mask worship, but who's even doing that rn
― aquaman goes to college (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 24 February 2019 09:11 (five years ago) link
(you probably remember it from metal poll...I'm just saying don't write it off, it's p batshit
― aquaman goes to college (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 24 February 2019 09:50 (five years ago) link
It is! I like this album from what I heard and this is a highlight
― imago, Sunday, 24 February 2019 10:04 (five years ago) link
idk what this is, crazy-ass French avant-garde prog with accordions and mandolin, first thought was "LJ would probably like this"
https://tracteur.bandcamp.com/
― frogbs, Monday, 25 February 2019 19:39 (five years ago) link
ha this is really fun
― nxd, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 11:21 (five years ago) link
https://emmephyzema.bandcamp.com/releases
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 11:38 (five years ago) link
Intriguing!
― imago, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 12:14 (five years ago) link
this rules
― nxd, Monday, 29 April 2019 11:17 (four years ago) link
^^^Will get to it eventually
I can't remember if anyone else here is a fan of The Mercury Tree but in any case they've gone all microtonalhttps://themercurytree.bandcamp.com/album/spidermilk
― like him hate us? Sure you are. Its in the cool aid. (ultros ultros-ghali), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 14:49 (four years ago) link
Yeah I'm well into that already - a certain musical ilxor hipped me to them in private recently. It's great! I've not heard the whole thing yet but it is surely going to end up one of my favourite recent records - the songwriting instincts are all there on top of the microtones
― imago, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 14:59 (four years ago) link
microtonal
Sold.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 15:02 (four years ago) link
I mean, I'd already heard the previous one (through you iirc), but I was hipped to the new one.
― imago, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 15:03 (four years ago) link
Cool :D My memory's quite bad when it comes to that sort of thing
I admit I find this one a bit of a struggle but I'll get there
― like him hate us? Sure you are. Its in the cool aid. (ultros ultros-ghali), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 15:09 (four years ago) link
It feels like they've learnt a lesson or two from Cheer-Accident
― imago, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 15:27 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHT27-Dzweg&feature=youtu.be
i returned to this album recently. it really is amazing
― imago, Wednesday, 22 May 2019 07:37 (four years ago) link
uff, here's the link properly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHT27-Dzweg
― imago, Wednesday, 22 May 2019 07:38 (four years ago) link
What do you make of this, imago?
https://youtu.be/8W7mksaFNtU
I've been listening a little to some singeli, mostly off a tip from ultros' rym page. I'm down for the most part, but I do always catch myself wishing it was more of a headfuck. However, I do think it's herky-jerky enough for the thread...
― think the toledo mud hens but for twitter (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 10:12 (four years ago) link
(on 2nd thought, that might not have been the best track to post.
This is from the album ultros actually reviewed, & is probably the closest it came to slaking my thirst for bonkers underground shit)
― think the toledo mud hens but for twitter (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 10:36 (four years ago) link
Oh my god what is this hahaha
― imago, Tuesday, 28 May 2019 11:09 (four years ago) link
https://nyegenyegetapes.bandcamp.com/album/uingizaji-hewa
tags: afrobeat electronic world afrofuturism ethnography feild recording gabber singeli techno Kampala
― think the toledo mud hens but for twitter (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 11:22 (four years ago) link
wow this is quite something
― imago, Tuesday, 28 May 2019 11:22 (four years ago) link
Well that sure woke me up!
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 11:33 (four years ago) link
It’s funny how singeli pops up on different threads every now and then (Rolling Global Outernational, Rolling Experimentalist Electronic/Misfit Club Music and the like).We also discussed the Sounds of Sisso compilation for a bit on last year’s Rolling Afropop thread.But there was never much of a follow-up, so I’m very happy to being alerted to that Jay Mitta album. Can’t wait to check it out. Thank you for that, herky-jerky Drugs A. Money!
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 28 May 2019 13:43 (four years ago) link
Yeah I never thought to bring that up here, I need to listen to more of that stuff.
Also the Emme Phyzema albums were far better than I was expecting tbqh, very complex and a little menacing. One track off Dispelling Differences reminds me of Psudoku.
― like him hate us? Sure you are. Its in the cool aid. (ultros ultros-ghali), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 16:36 (four years ago) link
I keep thinking there's prob a dog latin thread somewhere that deserves some singeli in it too haha xp to breastcrawl
― think the toledo mud hens but for twitter (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 18:08 (four years ago) link
NSRO have a new album out covering songs from Rock Bottom, in case you missed it:
https://darkcompanionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/folly-bololey
I've never heard either this or the original so I can't speak as to its quality
― like him hate us? Sure you are. Its in the cool aid. (ultros ultros-ghali), Thursday, 30 May 2019 16:39 (four years ago) link
Just listening to that Duke album now, blimey. This rules.
― emil.y, Saturday, 1 June 2019 17:27 (four years ago) link
these records are so good thanks :D
pace of islam chipsy!
― nxd, Wednesday, 5 June 2019 09:05 (four years ago) link
This one came out today:https://nyegenyegetapes.bandcamp.com/album/mateso
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 6 June 2019 11:06 (four years ago) link
triple espresso shot
― imago, Thursday, 6 June 2019 11:19 (four years ago) link
so good, my favorite of the nyege nyege albums posted here
― lowercase (eric), Thursday, 6 June 2019 13:46 (four years ago) link
this is almost exactly what I imagined Omar Souleyman's music sounding like
― frogbs, Thursday, 6 June 2019 13:47 (four years ago) link
― emil.y, Saturday, June 1, 2019 6:27 PM (five days ago)
My BF pointed out that I had actually already heard some of it as he'd put a couple of tracks on a mix he'd made. Pfffft my brain keeps nothing in. Still rules though.
― emil.y, Thursday, 6 June 2019 13:57 (four years ago) link
Recent article on singeli: https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/3442
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 9 June 2019 20:49 (four years ago) link
really wanna hear that mix if those were the forgettable tracks
― frogbs, Wednesday, 12 June 2019 19:32 (four years ago) link
that Lost Crowns youtube is a bit too fey whimsy for me ... sorry
― sarahell, Wednesday, 12 June 2019 20:17 (four years ago) link
I like this new Poil - https://poil.bandcamp.com/album/sus
― MaresNest, Friday, 14 June 2019 22:07 (four years ago) link
I still like Poil, this is ace -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1UbIbkg5zs
― MaresNest, Sunday, 21 July 2019 11:37 (four years ago) link
https://deloriansbbib.bandcamp.com/album/de-lorians
Maybe a bit too old-fashioned to be herky jerky but I still dug this. Real motherfucking 70s prog hours!
― think the toledo mud hens but for twitter (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 8 August 2019 11:29 (four years ago) link
file under: Zappa minus Zappa
btw I just realized the Duke album is basically that one bonkers section of "Peking O" extended to 40 minutes
― frogbs, Thursday, 8 August 2019 21:01 (four years ago) link
there are some really inspired moments on the delorians record. zappa minus zappa is accurate lol, cause one of the first things i thought of was jean-luc ponty.
― jakey mo collier (voodoo chili), Thursday, 8 August 2019 21:12 (four years ago) link
Kings Kaleidoscope are bringing the Lord's herky-jerky in 2019! It's about time the Christian rock scene went indieprog tbh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ldbggv2zaQ
― imago, Wednesday, 18 September 2019 22:52 (four years ago) link
https://hyperallergic.com/518162/the-pranksters-of-pop/
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 22 September 2019 16:41 (four years ago) link
I had high hopes for 100 gecs after reading that but, it's boring? idk
― Maresn3st, Sunday, 22 September 2019 17:04 (four years ago) link
I agree! But I am open to being convinced
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 22 September 2019 18:27 (four years ago) link
My son loves them, wants me to take him to their upcoming show. I think they are fun and silly, if not exactly mindblowing.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, 22 September 2019 18:38 (four years ago) link
I love them but can see why others might not
― imago, Sunday, 22 September 2019 21:46 (four years ago) link
Sorry for continuing to pollute this thread, imago. I have no idea where this goes; I'm not at all confident that it's blackgaze enough for rolling metal, but it's a absolutely nowhere near herky-jerky either, as I understand it. I'm posting it here bcz I think you might like it as it's kind of like Sigur Ros goes Bonkers in Phoenix
https://flypanam.bandcamp.com/album/cest-a
― the cretin hits the cast (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 29 September 2019 21:50 (four years ago) link
(Lol and as it happens there's already a FPA thread :/ )
― the cretin hits the cast (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 29 September 2019 21:52 (four years ago) link
(This Kings Kaleidoscope album isn't bad at all, either)
― the cretin hits the cast (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 20:53 (four years ago) link
FPA are definitely mining some sort of lo-fi MBV thing! Will investigate further...ty
― imago, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 20:59 (four years ago) link
Do it! It'll be worth your while
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 21:02 (four years ago) link
this came out a few minutes ago and i haven't played it yet but they are BACK: https://thedisplayteam.bandcamp.com/album/spinner
― imago, Thursday, 17 October 2019 23:23 (four years ago) link
Charlie Cawood's second solo album sounding great so far - classical chamber pop, basically, but with a certain melodic sensibility I have been known to enjoy
https://charliecawood.bandcamp.com/album/blurring-into-motion
― imago, Monday, 25 November 2019 13:03 (four years ago) link
I like that! Smooth sailings.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 25 November 2019 13:24 (four years ago) link
The Garden's album last year was one of my most-listened, and this new single is nice too, with a bit of herk and jerk though also tuneful:
https://thegardenmusic.bandcamp.com/track/thy-mission-feat-mac-demarco
― o. nate, Saturday, 30 November 2019 02:18 (four years ago) link
lush stuff all round
― nxd, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 09:58 (four years ago) link
Hey imago do you know about Collider yet
― PLEB AF (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 2 January 2020 09:07 (four years ago) link
I feel like they might be the Medicine-Game Theory amalgam of my dreams
― PLEB AF (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 2 January 2020 09:15 (four years ago) link
obviously was humming some Loud Family to myself as I opened this thread haha
will have to give them a go
― imago, Thursday, 2 January 2020 10:13 (four years ago) link
Meh don't hold me to that, I was stoned when I posted that, I hear some of Miller in the melodies and vocals, but really musically it's a lot busier and more herky-jerky in the intended sense than anything I've heard on a Game Theory record
I can't speak with any authority about them, but maybe the Cardiacs are a more appropriate reference point? Like maybe 'Cardiacs-meet-Medicine'? I wish ultros was still here...
― PLEB AF (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 3 January 2020 04:11 (four years ago) link
I listened to it! Wouldn't say Cardiacs at all, maybe a bit of Game Theory. Reminded me most of Swirlies, really. Plenty of promise!
― imago, Friday, 3 January 2020 11:37 (four years ago) link
I hear traces of Monsoon Bassoon too.
― Maresn3st, Friday, 3 January 2020 22:29 (four years ago) link
oh that's not a bad shout yeah
― imago, Friday, 3 January 2020 22:35 (four years ago) link
Swirlies/Medicine (esp the later albums)/Monsoon Bassoon/Marnie Stern and probably some Japanese producer's covert math/shoegaze-tronic band fronted by a dozen moody schoolgirls who are all named after different styles of hat.
― Maresn3st, Friday, 3 January 2020 22:46 (four years ago) link
Where is Ultros?
Talking fo Japan, did I ever blab on to you about Croissant Chicago?
https://croissantchicago.bandcamp.com/track/--11
― Maresn3st, Friday, 3 January 2020 22:51 (four years ago) link
You did not! Thank you - will dive in shortly...
― imago, Friday, 3 January 2020 23:01 (four years ago) link