past few weeks had somewhat disappointing DWs (maybe because I've been too explorative in my listening) but this week brought the gem "1677" by Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita, and would you believe it's from 2018!
https://open.spotify.com/track/2JsVNmmJ7DyrUIgvSWmJPX
― niels, Thursday, 6 September 2018 06:45 (five years ago) link
last weeks track #30 was this lovely song by Willie Wright:https://open.spotify.com/track/1kwxZlmb5EQ1diJWpp9QfE
that whole album turns out to be golden - very much its own, sometimes reminds me of old Van, Toots, Bill Callahan...
― niels, Monday, 1 October 2018 07:17 (five years ago) link
this thread inspired me to look at my Spotify Discover and three tracks in I got this & I'm totally in love:
https://gorankajfes.bandcamp.com/album/the-reason-why-vol-3
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 1 October 2018 13:28 (five years ago) link
(the track was "Le Monde Avait 5 Ans")
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 1 October 2018 13:29 (five years ago) link
^That Willie Wright album is glorious.
― Have the Rams stopped screaming yet, Lloris? (Chinaski), Monday, 1 October 2018 15:56 (five years ago) link
yes, it's really one of my best finds this year, I can just listen again and again
― niels, Monday, 1 October 2018 16:15 (five years ago) link
tbh my entire DW is just great this week:https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/37i9dQZEVXcHkCbzvlCkSv
― niels, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 06:28 (five years ago) link
iirc Discover Weekly is largely influenced by what tracks other users have been adding to playlists, and this may explain the two songs about rain in this week's playlist - autumn is here
still felt eerie when "Chimacum Rain" (which I swear I've listened to on my Spotify account before, but nevermind) came on this Monday morning as I was looking out into the rain (followed by a nice cover of Link Wray's "Fallin' Rain")
weirdest track on the list was probably "Yip Roc Heresy" by Slim Gaillard and his Orchestra but the one I want to share with y'all is the synth pop gem "Pourquoi Tu Me Fous Plus des Coups?" by An Luu:
https://open.spotify.com/track/5qslwtsb10gXzmA6p1APKZ?si=env8ZsvETkSsOZYUqOXNsg
it's obviously a beautiful song, but my limited grasp of French led me to believe that there was something troubling about the lyrics, and upon closer inspection they seem to trade in metaphors of domestic abuse, but I can't really decode it and I don't know the context
through Google I came across this essay which mentions a similar encounter with the song https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/11/27/565968260/within-the-context-of-all-contexts-the-rewiring-of-our-relationship-to-music
to discuss the concept of obscurity in the age of streaming and algorithmic discovery I've started a new thread: obscurity in the age of streaming
― niels, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 14:24 (five years ago) link
i'm glad there's a thread where i can cite the new greatest song ever, "bad feeling" by cobra man.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 23:46 (five years ago) link
aim to please
this Langley Schools Music Project rendition of Band on the Run kicks off my DW this week and I don't mind at allhttps://open.spotify.com/track/4sXIXRexbOve8Qrsa2uW49?si=KAl2UauUQ2uhB8h6IYq5fw
― niels, Thursday, 29 November 2018 11:44 (five years ago) link
So good this past week, don’t have time to cherry pick the best ones now.
― Spirit of the Voice of the Beehive (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 7 January 2019 04:48 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjN4BNPNzBU
― . (Michael B), Tuesday, 15 January 2019 13:18 (five years ago) link
Don't care for the most part about j-pop, uk baggy, or fey indie, so this collision is suprisingly enjoyable:
https://open.spotify.com/track/0Pnd9r3NqvXg63G8eXfist?si=7RlWhaUUReOjMS89o6IN-Q
― large bananas pregnant (ledge), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 10:14 (five years ago) link
I wish my Discover Weekly threw up more random discoveries like this glorious thing: Jessye Norman's version of Richard Strauss's Im Abendrot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=envQ-ZqGQu8
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Monday, 29 April 2019 19:18 (four years ago) link
Did anyone else get thrown by the Discocover Weekly? D’oh!
― Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 29 April 2019 19:54 (four years ago) link
I recently discovered the 2016 5+ hour Dead tribute "Day of the Dead" through BPB's cover of Rubin and Cherise, and it's bringing me good cheer lately
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 29 April 2019 20:05 (four years ago) link
through that on my discover weekly, I mean
This may well just be a stopped clock thing but my Discover Weekly - after months of being pretty ordinary - is brilliant today. This Jah Wobble/Bill Laswell thing is great:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAZKBOa_K5Q
― Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Monday, 16 December 2019 11:40 (four years ago) link