https://afropop.org/articles/afropop-runs-down-2019
Stocking Stuffer list in alphabetical order with Burna Boy, Mdou Moctar and more
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 13:12 (four years ago) link
Textura again doesn't have much overlap with anything else:
01. Christopher Tignor: A Light Below (Western Vinyl)02. William Brittelle: Spiritual America (New Amsterdam Records / Nonesuch)03. Stein Urheim: Simple Pieces & Paper Cut-Outs (Hubro)04. Hevreh Ensemble: A Path of Light (Ansonica Records)05. Kamancello: Kamancello II: Voyage (Kamancello)06. Toby Hay: New Music for the 12 String Guitar (The state51 Conspiracy)07. Leo Svirsky: River Without Banks (Unseen Worlds)08. Hedvig Mollestad Trio: Smells Funny (Rune Grammofon)09. Isnaj Dui: Sight Seeing (Fbox Records)10. Frode Haltli: Border Woods (Hubro)11. Sontag Shogun: It Billows Up (Youngbloods)12. Michael Robinson: Tunis Phantom (Azure Miles Records)13. Zachary Paul: Meditation on Discord (Touch)14. Akira Kosemura: Diary 2016-19 (Schole Records)15. Paniyolo & Akio Watanabe: Passage of Sky (Schole Records)16. J. Pavone String Ensemble: Brick and Mortar (Birdwatcher Records)17. Lumen Drones: Umbra (Hubro)18. Deadbeat & Camara: Trinity Thirty (Constellation)19. David Ian Roberts: Traveling Bright (Cambrian Records)20. Comit: Remote Viewing (ASIP)
Classical, jazz and ambient lists are separated.
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 13:15 (four years ago) link
FACT best tracks of 2019https://www.factmag.com/2019/12/10/the-best-tracks-of-2019/
100 gecs - Money Machine8ULENTINA - Deep SummerAïsha Devi - I'm Not Always Where My Body IsAnz - No HarmCall Super + Parris - Chiselers RushClaude Fontaine - Cry For AnotherDe Grandi - Paris Nord-EstDJ Lag & Okzharp - Steam OneDJ Plead - RubyEllll - PepsiFalse Witness - Red Curtain DaybreakFelix Lee [Feat. Yayoyanoh] - FocusedFKA Twigs - sad dayFrank Ocean - In My RoomGuapdad 4000- FlossinIndia Jordan - WarperJai Paul - Do You Love Her NowJoy Orbison [Feat. Infinite & Mansur Brown] - BurnKelsey Lu - Due WestKaren Gwyer - Faces on AnklesKehlani - Too DeepKim Gordon - Air BnBLady Lykez [Feat. Lioness] - Muhammad Ali (remix)Leonce - Penetration TestingLil Nas X [Feat. Billy Ray Cyrus] - Old Town Road (remix)Medulasa - ForeverMurlo - End Of The Road (Sinjin Hawke & Zora Jones’ Flashback)Nkisi - Destruction Of PowerNoname- Song 32Normani - Motivationose - is it love?Peder Mannerfelt - Sissel & Bass (Cera Khin Mind Destruction remix)Pop Smoke - Welcome To The PartyPowder - New TribePrecolumbian & Estoc - CCT1Precolumbian & Estoc - CCT2Quest?onmarc - MonolithRhyw - Biggest BullyRiobamba - MuerteRui Mo - The HeatScarlxrd - GXING THE DISTANCEShygirl - BBSpecial Request - Vortex 150Taso & Siete Catorce - 2 for $20Thoom - Wound as Pockettobi lou - I Was Sad Last Night I'm OK NowTom Blip & Swordman Kitala - Kitala BeatTzusing & Hodge - ElectrolytesYoung Thug [Feat. Lil Uzi Vert] - What's the MoveYoung Baby Tate - CAMPVon Bikrav - Casse des Murs
― Wee Bloabby (NickB), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 14:58 (four years ago) link
man it's just wild sometimes to think about how much music there is. that Textura list is marked "General" and yet I have never heard of a single one of those artists.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 15:15 (four years ago) link
Another good jazz list, from VinylMePlease:
http://magazine.vinylmeplease.com/magazine/best-jazz-albums-2019/
I've heard all but two of these albums, and the Jamael Dean one sounds particularly interesting.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 15:19 (four years ago) link
I listened to some of the Dean the other day, definitely worth checking out. Maybe a touch too much exactly what you'd expect from "jazz album on Stones Throw" but well executed
― rob, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 15:27 (four years ago) link
It's a Canadian 'new music' site with ime a distinct aesthetic that is a little tricky to describe; contemporary classical and jazz releases that share qualities with ambient music but are more chopsy than post-rock? Kamancello are from here. I had stopped following. I should check this one out.xps re Textura
― No language just sound (Sund4r), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 15:32 (four years ago) link
I like a lot of the Textura jazz picks, but yeah, those albums all have more in common than not, and "share qualities with ambient music but are more chopsy than post-rock" covers it pretty well. I would also describe it as the kind of jazz where everyone on the bandstand, including the drummer, needs a music stand.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 15:45 (four years ago) link
Their ambient is all "everything is going to be ok" ambient, not so much "everything is fucked and we're all going to die" ambient. I have time for both tbh.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 15:47 (four years ago) link
― Evans on Hammond (evol j)
i was going to say the same on first glance except i namechecked the stein urheim upthread!
that's kind of my goal in terms of music. to react to 90% of everything a given person will mention with blank stares and then they hit on that one thing that they're going to assume nobody else has heard of and i've heard it.
i listened to their #1 pick, the tignor, and i liked it. i hadn't heard of his tuning fork thing before - if it was ever a schtick, i don't think it is now. probably it makes him more marketable but we all need to get people's attention somehow.
i try to be attuned to terroir when it comes to music - my approach implicitly demands it - and it's a new york thing but i'm ok with that. i could easily spend all my time listening to music only from new york, it's a world unto itself with all sorts of interesting things happening, so i try to limit myself. having heard two records on the textura list and liked both of them, i'm consciously not going to listen to anything more because at some point i have to live my fucking life.
― Agnes Motörhead (rushomancy), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 16:16 (four years ago) link
Frode Haltli's Border Woods is norsk avant-folk for the accordion-minded – always a delight.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 16:20 (four years ago) link
Glad to see Kelsey Lu on the FACT list, surprised that isn't getting more EOY love.
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 16:31 (four years ago) link
Evol j otm
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 16:44 (four years ago) link
Electronic Sound
1. Anna Meredith - Fibs2. Paranoid London - PL3. William Doyle - Your Wilderness Revisited4. Luke Vibert - Valvable5. Fader - In Shadow 6. Blanck Mass - Animated Violence Mild7. Chemical Brothers - No Geography 8. Amon Tobin - Fear in a Handful of Dust9. Richard Fearless - Dummy10. Jane Weaver - Loops in the Secret Society
Seperate lists for reissues, comps and soundtracks.
Respectively the number 1 for each was
Michael Rother -SoloVarious - Use Hearing ProtectionHaiku Salut - The General
― Dan Worsley, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:08 (four years ago) link
That Anna Meredith album was a bit too much for me tbh, but I was wondering if Imago had heard it cos it seemed v much like his sort of thing
― Wee Bloabby (NickB), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:29 (four years ago) link
Ubiquitous French magazine Les Inrocks:
100. Roméo Elvis - Chocolat99. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Colorado98. Swans - Leaving Meaning.97. Lysistrata - Breath In/Out96. Fabio Viscogliosi - Rococo95. MNNQNS - Body Negative94. Kokoko! - Fongola93. Unloved - Heartbreak92. Alex Beaupain - Pas plus le jour que la nuit91. Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Tracing Back the Radiance90. Rubin Steiner - Say Hello to the Dawn of Paradox89. GoldLink - Diaspora88. Foals - Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost (Part 1)87. Pritchard & Lo - Rendez-vous Streets86. Sampa The Great - The Return85. Danny Brown - uknowhatimsayin¿84. The Psychotic Monks - Private Meaning First83. Big Thief - Two Hands82. Chris Cohen - Chris Cohen81. Velvet Negroni - NEON BROWN80. DJ Shadow - Our Pathetic Age79. Le Villejuif Underground - When Will the Flies in Deauville Drop?78. Thom Yorke - ANIMA77. Keren Ann - Bleue76. Cigarettes After Sex - Cry75. DIIV - Deceiver74. Whitney - Forever Turned Around73. Corridor - Junior72. Mike Patton & Jean-Claude Vannier - Corpse Flower71. Sean O'Hagan - Radum Calls, Radum Calls70. Nérija - Blume69. Hot Chip - A Bath Full of Ecstasy68. H-BURNS - Midlife67. Steve Lacy - Apollo XXI66. The Murder Capital - When I Have Fears65. Big Thief - U.F.O.F.64. Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride63. Angel Olsen - All Mirrors62. Bill Callahan - Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest61. Muzi - Zeno60. Tindersticks - No Treasure But Hope59. Adam Green - Engine of Paradise58. Kobo - Période d'essai57. The Brian Jonestown Massacre - The Brian Jonestown Massacre56. Malik Djoudi - Tempéraments55. The Black Keys - "Let's Rock"54. The Raconteurs - Help Us Stranger53. Jessica Pratt - Quiet Signs52. L'Épée - Diabolique51. Zed Yun Pavarotti - French Cash50. Drugdealer - Raw Honey49. Clairo - Immunity48. Hamza - Paradise47. Mac DeMarco - Here Comes the Cowboy46. Peter Doherty - Peter Doherty & The Puta Madres45. Kindness - Something Like a War44. O – Olivier Marguerit - À TERRE !43. HTRK - Venus in Leo42. (Sandy) Alex G - House of Sugar41. Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?40. Aldous Harding - Designer39. Lambchop - This (is what I wanted to tell you)38. Blood Orange - Angel's Pulse37. Cate Le Bon - Reward36. Mattiel - Satis Factory35. Biche - La nuit des Perséides34. Ty Segall - First Taste33. black midi - schlagenheim32. Chromatics - Closer To Grey31. Girl Band - The Talkies30. SebastiAn - Thirst29. Metronomy - Metronomy Forever28. Solange - When I Get Home27. Allah-Las - LAHS26. slowthai - Nothing Great About Britain25. Deerhunter - Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?24. Kim Gordon - No Home Record23. PNL - Deux frères22. Loyle Carner - Not Waving, But Drowning21. Kompromat - Traum und Existenz20. Kanye West - JESUS IS KING19. Holly Herndon - PROTO18. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen17. Ezra Furman - Twelve Nudes16. Iggy Pop - Free15. Cassius - Dreems14. Battles - Juice B Crypts13. Bon Iver - i,i12. FKA twigs - MAGDALENE11. Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains10. Hubert Lenoir - Darlène9. Alex Cameron - Miami Memory8. Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell!7. Denzel Curry - ZUU6. Philippe Katerine - Confessions5. Fontaines D.C. - Dogrel4. James Blake - Assume Form3. Fat White Family - Serfs Up!2. Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising1. Tyler, the Creator - IGOR
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 22:23 (four years ago) link
61. Muzi - ZenoHappy to see this. Just one example of the incredible amount of great and varied music coming out of South Africa.
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 23:17 (four years ago) link
posted to bobbins but reposting here:Resident Advisor Singles list features ten separate playlistshttps://www.residentadvisor.net/features/3542
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 23:45 (four years ago) link
Dazed Digital (Albums): https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/47070/1/the-20-best-albums-of-2019
20. FELIX LEE, INNA DAZE19. LAFAWNDAH, ANCESTOR BOY18. JERKCURB, AIR CON EDEN17. THESE NEW PURITANS, INSIDE THE ROSE16. BURNA BOY, AFRICAN GIANT15. OFB, FRONTSTREET14. DORIAN ELECTRA, FLAMBOYANT13. KELSEY LU, BLOOD12. THE RHYTHM METHOD, HOW WOULD YOU KNOW I WAS LONELY11. NILÜFER YANYA, MISS UNIVERSE10. JPEGMAFIA, ALL MY HEROES ARE CORNBALLS09. SOLANGE, WHEN I GET HOME08. RICO NASTY & KENNY BEATS, ANGER MANAGEMENT07. BILLIE EILISH, WHEN WE FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?06. FKA TWIGS, MAGDALENE05. TYLER, THE CREATOR, IGOR04. WEYES BLOOD, TITANIC RISING03. SLOWTHAI, NOTHING GREAT ABOUT BRITAIN02. LANA DEL REY, NORMAN FUCKING ROCKWELL!01. CAROLINE POLACHEK, PANG
― monotony, Thursday, 12 December 2019 01:46 (four years ago) link
the Kali Malone album The Sacrifical Code that is on the Wire list is somber but is beautiful I think
― Dan S, Thursday, 12 December 2019 01:50 (four years ago) link
Rolling Stone's 10 best metal albums of 2019:
10. Korn, ‘The Nothing’9. Opeth, ‘In Cauda Venenum’8. Rammstein, ‘Rammstein’7. Tomb Mold, ‘Planetary Clairvoyance’6. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, ‘Infest the Rats’ Nest’5. Darkthrone, ‘Old Star’4. Alcest, ‘Spiritual Instinct’3. Gaahls Wyrd, ‘Gastir — Ghosts Invited’2. Moon Tooth, ‘Crux’1. Slipknot, ‘We Are Not Your Kind’
― pomenitul, Thursday, 12 December 2019 14:20 (four years ago) link
hell yeah
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 12 December 2019 14:23 (four years ago) link
MOON TOOTH!! but also what on earth is #3
― Simon H., Thursday, 12 December 2019 14:23 (four years ago) link
It's pretty good! I'll listen to anything that Gaahl's involved in.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 12 December 2019 14:24 (four years ago) link
thats actually a good list of commercial metal, not sure the King Gizzard should be in there though
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Thursday, 12 December 2019 14:24 (four years ago) link
The King Gizzard album is pretty good! They aren't a metal band, but it is definitely a metal album.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 12 December 2019 14:26 (four years ago) link
it's not top 10 material but it's good fun
― Simon H., Thursday, 12 December 2019 14:27 (four years ago) link
The King Gizzard is TOTALLY a metal album. And one of the year's best metal albums too.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 12 December 2019 16:25 (four years ago) link
Surprised jpegmafia not on more lists. Cornballs record is great.
― Hinklepicker, Thursday, 12 December 2019 20:06 (four years ago) link
Have heard & liked Anna Meredith!
― imago, Thursday, 12 December 2019 20:13 (four years ago) link
The Quietus's top 20 metal albums of 2019:
https://thequietus.com/articles/27593-dawn-rayd-blood-incantation-inter-arma-best-metal-2019
― pomenitul, Friday, 13 December 2019 11:49 (four years ago) link
NPR
https://www.npr.org/2019/12/11/778225628/the-25-best-albums-of-2019
https://www.npr.org/2019/12/11/778226410/the-25-best-songs-of-2019
― curmudgeon, Friday, 13 December 2019 13:48 (four years ago) link
a few more of npr's lists
https://www.npr.org/2019/12/11/778228577/10-rap-albums-that-raised-the-bar-s-in-2019
https://www.npr.org/2019/12/11/778227075/a-survey-of-the-year-in-latin-music-whatever-that-means
― curmudgeon, Friday, 13 December 2019 13:52 (four years ago) link
There's way better material on The Highwomen album than the title track.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 13 December 2019 13:55 (four years ago) link
https://www.npr.org/2019/12/11/778228299/9-rap-albums-as-dark-and-dystopian-as-2019
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 13 December 2019 14:10 (four years ago) link
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes)
only way to get an article published on billy woods is to pretend it's a list
and then they fuck around with the headline
― Agnes Motörhead (rushomancy), Friday, 13 December 2019 14:24 (four years ago) link
Before looking I'm going to guess that Lana's taken NPR as well
― imago, Friday, 13 December 2019 16:11 (four years ago) link
Ooh, lower than Weyes Blood! A pleasant surprise, except that they've put abysmal Weyes Blood knock-off and general irritant Aldous Harding even higher
― imago, Friday, 13 December 2019 16:13 (four years ago) link
I got bored at work and decided to scrape the full Bandcamp list, so here's that:
1. Sampa the Great - The Return2. Sault - and 3. Damon Locks and the Black Monument Ensemble - Where Future Unfolds4. slowthai - Nothing Great About Britain5. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah - Ancestral Recall6. Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains7. Jamila Woods - LEGACY! LEGACY!8. Ex Hex - It’s Real9. Helado Negro - This Is How You Smile10. False - Portent11. Ana Roxanne - ~~~12. Resavoir - Resavoir13. Jaimie Branch - Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise14. Various Artists - Jambú e Os Míticos Sons Da Amazônia15. Gauche - A People’s History of Gauche16. Backxwash - Deviancy17. Billy Woods & Kenny Segal - Hiding Places18. Brittany Howard - Jaime19. Empath - Active Listening Night on Earth20. Sessa - Grandeza21. Aldous Harding - Designer22. Mannequin Pussy - Patience23. MIKE - Tears of Joy24. Jayda G - Significant Changes25. Hatchie - Keepsake26. Debby Friday - Death Drive27. Spellling - Mazy Fly28. Angel Bat Dawid - The Oracle29. Sharon Van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow30. Tomb Mold - Planetary Clairvoyance31. Quelle Chris - Guns32. Kit Sebastian - Mantra Moderne33. ODD OKODDO - AUMA34. YATTA - WAHALA35. Octo Octa - Resonant Body36. Sleater-Kinney - The Center Won’t Hold37. Angel Olsen - All Mirrors38. Various Artists - Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980-199039. Wilma Vritra - Burd40. Shana Cleveland - Night of the Worm Moon41. Amirtha Kidambi and Elder Ones - From Untruth42. Business of Dreams - Ripe for Anarchy43. Special Request - Offworld44. Kaina - Next to the Sun45. Scrap Brain - A Journey Into Madness46. Greys - Age Hasn’t Spoiled You47. Dominique Fils-Aimé - Stay Tuned!48. Leggy - Let Me Know Your Moon49. Bobby Oroza - This Love50. Loraine James - For You and I51. Slauson Malone - A Quiet Farwell, 2016-201852. Sui Zhen - Losing, Linda53. avery r. young - tubman54. Clever Austin - Pareidolia55. Kokoroko - Kokoroko56. Psalm One - FLIGHT OF THE WIG57. Yugen Blakrok - Anima Mysterium58. Hejira - Thread of Gold59. SPAZA - SPAZA60. Yves Jarvis - The Same, But By Different Means61. Yazz Ahmed - Polyhymnia62. HELM - Chemical Flowers63. Toro Y Moi - Outer Peace64. Dengue Dengue Dengue - Zenit & Nadir65. Knocked Loose - A Different Shade of Blue66. Dexter Story - Bahir67. Ivan Conti - Poison Fruit68. Automatic - Signal69. Kate Davis - Trophy70. Black Belt Eagle Scout - At the Party With My Brown Friends71. Brijean - Walkie Talkie72. 9T Antiope - Nocebo73. Control Top - Covert Contracts74. Mark de Clive-Lowe - Heritage II75. Hama - Houmeissa76. Boy Harsher - Careful77. Secret Shame - Dark Synthetics78. Angel-Ho - Death Becomes Her79. O Terno - <atrás/além>80. Laurie Spiegel - Unseen Worlds81. Rakta - Falha Comum82. French Vanilla - How Am I Not Myself?83. Nérija - Blume84. Lafawndah - Ancestor Boy85. DIÄT - Positive Disintegration86. Salami Rose Joe Louis - Zdenka 208087. Lena Raine - OneKnowing88. Various Artists - Nigeria 70: No Wahala: Highlife, Afro-Funk & Juju 1973-198789. Reese McHenry - No Dados90. Ami Dang - Parted Plains91. Kassa Overall - Go Get Ice Cream and Listen to Jazz92. Shafiq Husayn - The Loop93. Julia Shapiro - Perfect Version94. Penelope Trappes - Penelope Redeux95. Christelle Bofale - Swim Team96. Wizard Apprentice - Dig A Pit97. Pleasure Leftists - The Gate98. Tourist Activities - Off My Mind99. Various Artists - The Time For Peace Is Now100. The Gotobeds - Debt Begins At 30
― fffv, Friday, 13 December 2019 17:40 (four years ago) link
I can think of one good reason this didn't happen lol
― Simon H., Friday, 13 December 2019 17:42 (four years ago) link
#2 on the Bandcamp list should be "SAULT - 5 and 7"
― fffv, Friday, 13 December 2019 17:47 (four years ago) link
Cool to see them up at the top!
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 13 December 2019 17:48 (four years ago) link
I don't know how Bandcamp pulls together a list given (a) the scope of stuff they cover and (b) the breadth of material that's ostensibly eligible (because it's on Bandcamp)
Good on 'em, I guess is all I'm saying
― alpine static, Friday, 13 December 2019 17:58 (four years ago) link
Marbecks record store, New Zealand
Hama - HoumeissaJames Blake - Assume FormSharon van Etten - Remind Me TomorrowSourakata Koite - En HollandeNightmares on Wax - Back To MineToro y Moi - Outer PeaceJayda G - Significant ChangesVarious Artists - Nigeria 70: No Wahala: Highlife, Afro-Funk & Juju 1973 -1987Various Artists - Pay It All Back Vol. 7Ekiti Sound - Abeg No VexWeyes Blood - Titanic RisingBibio - RibbonsBill Frisell & Thomas Morgan - EpistrophyFontaines DC - DogrelAldous Harding - DesignerJitwam. - HoneycombBrad Mehldau - Finding GabrielCate Le Bon - RewardFaye Webster - Atlanta Millionaires ClubScott Manion - Loving EchoesVarious Artists - Mr Bongo Record Club Vol. 3Anatolian Weapons (Feat. Seirios Savvaidis) - To The Mother Of Gods (LP)Altın Gün - Geceblack midi - schlagenheimKit Sebastian - Mantra ModerneThom Yorke - ANIMAThe Flaming Lips - King's Mouth: Music & SongsCarnivorous Plant Society - The People BelowPurple Pilgrims - Perfumed EarthSolange - When I Get HomeFreddie Gibbs / Madlib - BandanaLana del Rey - Norman Fucking RockwellTom Ludvigson & Trevor Reekie - RotoFrankie Cosmos - Close It QuietlyL'Épée - DiaboliqueCharli XCX - CharliDavid Kilgour & The Heavy Eights - Bobbie's A GirlAngel Olsen - All MirrorsJoshua Redman & Brooklyn Rider - Sun on SandBig Thief - Two Handsclipping. - There Existed An Addiction To BloodFloating Points - CrushVarious Artists - Body Beat: Soca-Dub And Electronic Calypso (1979-98)Michael Kiwanuka - KiwanukaFKA twigs - MagdaleneKamaal Williams - DJ KicksNick Cave & The Bad Seeds - GhosteenDanny Brown - uknowhatimsayin¿David Byrne - American Utopia On Broadway (Original Cast Recording)Burna Boy - African Giant
― sbahnhof, Saturday, 14 December 2019 01:59 (four years ago) link
Cool to see the Bill Frisel/Thomas Morgan live album on here. I've been enjoying that one a lot.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Saturday, 14 December 2019 02:02 (four years ago) link
cool as hell to see sampa the great at #1 on the bandcamp list
― monotony, Saturday, 14 December 2019 11:47 (four years ago) link
Bandcamp's list is the best I've seen (marred only by the fact some great albums aren't on Bandcamp and hence aren't listed). I count 30 albums from their 100 I've bought over the year and love.
― Soundslike, Saturday, 14 December 2019 16:44 (four years ago) link
Shindig! magazine
1. Drugdealer - Raw Honey2. Lucille Furs - Another Land3. GospelbeacH - Let It Burn4. Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising5. Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka6. PP Arnold - The New Adventures Of…7. Thee Oh Sees - Face Stabber8. Kit Sebastian - Mantra Moderne9. Devendra Banhart - Ma10. The Budos Band - V11. Gruff Rhys - Pang!12. Jessica Pratt - Quiet Signs13. The Comet is Coming - Trust In the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery14. The Hare and Hoofe - The Terror of Meltron15. Kacy & Clayton - Carrying On16. Les Grys-Grys - s/t17. Fabienne Delsol - Four18. Isobel Campbell - There Is No Other19. Foxygen - Seeing Other People20. Ulysses - On Safari
Reissue of the year: KAK - s/tBox Set of the year: Gene Clark - No OtherCompilation (single artist) of the year: Marvin Gaye - You're the ManCompilation (various artists) of the year: Curt Boettcher & friends - Looking For The Sun
― Jeff W, Sunday, 15 December 2019 17:22 (four years ago) link
I linked to afropop.org alphabetical list earlier, but writing it out here with brief descriptions of some :
Angelique Kidjo- Celia (Benin singer's take on Celia Cruz)Babani Kone- Djeliya (female Malian singer re-release)Bantou Mentale- Bantou Mentale (Congo rockin)Bassekou Kouyate - Miri (Mali legend & band)Blick Bassy-1958 (melancholy Cameroon pop w/ historical rooted lyrics)Burna Boy- African GiantDavido- A Good Time Dexter Story- Bahir (Los Angeles led Ethiopian/East African horns & percussion )Dona Onete - Rebujo (Brazil)El Wali - Tiris ( Sahrawi female desert vocals)Emmanuel Jal and Nyaruach - Naath (Sudan rapper goes pop)Garifuna Collective- Aban (sweet afro-roots pop)The Good Ones, Rwanda, You Should Be Loved (afro-folk harmonies)Gyedu-Blay Ambolley- 11 Street Sekondi (Ghana afro-funk)Habib Koite - Kharifa (Mali singer/songwriter guitarist w/ grooves)Hama - Houmeissa (Saharan techno)Hope Masike - The Exorcism of A Spinster (Zimbabwe singer)Houssa Gania - Mosawi Swiri (Gnawa fusion from Morocco)Ile - Almadura (Puerto Rican singer/songwriter from Calle 13 w/ guests)Juan Wauters - La Onda de Juan Pablo (NYC Latin folk)Kongo Dia Ntotila - 360 Degrees (UK Congo pop & more)La Yegros- Suelta (Argentina electro-cumbia)Lakou Mizik- HaitiaNola (Haiti to New Orleans)Lazarus- Stomp the Devil (Malawi singer)Lee “Scratch” Perry, Rainford (reggae)Les Filles de Illighadad - Eghass Malan (female led guitar & percussion band from Niger)Los Wembler's de Iquitos- Vision Del Ayahuasca (veteran Peru chicha, cumbia, surf)Luka Productions - Falaw (Mali electro-folk)Maître Gims - Ceinture Noire (Transcendance) (France-Congo rap)Mdou Moctar- Ilana, The Creator (afro-rockin from Niger)Oumar Konate, I Love You Inna (Mali guitar)Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band - Obiaa! (Ghanaian highlife)Projecto Arcomusical- Spinning in the Wheel (minimalist compositions for the berimbau)Rachid Taha - Je Suis Africain ( late bad boy of Algerian pop)Rocky Dawuni - Beats of Zion (Ghanaian reggae star)Salif Keita - Un Autre Blanc (Mali’s golden voice)Santana w/ Buika - Africa Speaks (Afro-Spanish vocals over guitar solos)Sessa - Grandeza (Brazil)Sinkane - Dépaysé (Sudanese-American singer/songwriter)Steel Pulse - Mass Manipulation (UK reggae band's 1st album in 15 years)Wuta Mayi - La Face Cachée (Congolese singer who used to be w/ Franco)Y La Bamba, Mujeres and Entre Los Dos (Latinx-American )Youssou N'Dour- History (Senegalese singing great)
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 15 December 2019 17:58 (four years ago) link
Compilation (various artists) of the year: Curt Boettcher & friends - Looking For The Sun
this sounds very interesting
― budo jeru, Sunday, 15 December 2019 18:40 (four years ago) link