am deep in the Can. Zwei was pretty cool
― imago, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 09:55 (two years ago) link
yeah that was a good listening experience or w/e. not that i'd vote for it or anything ;)
― imago, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 10:52 (two years ago) link
Something I learned last weekend: Altin Gun released a second album in 2021.
― signe anderson (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 13:09 (two years ago) link
About five tracks into VT and struggling to say much about it other than 'irksomely coy Quietus audiopiffle', so I'll add 'save me Moka'
― imago, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 14:23 (two years ago) link
Sure, why not?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 14:39 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/UtNjtZk.jpg61. Mach-Hommy - Pray for Haiti152 points / 4 votes / 1 #1 voteVideo from the album: “Folie Á Deux”rolling thread 2021 (deluxe edition)
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 14:40 (two years ago) link
oh shit, glad this made it
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 14:41 (two years ago) link
Apparently I liked something from this and then forgot to return. Thanks for the reminder!
― tangenttangent, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 14:44 (two years ago) link
i like this so much more than the usually oppressively grimy griselda shit, and i think that it’s more than just mach’s strength as a writer, and partly because he doesn’t try to “elevate” anything, but stays firmly in the gutter
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 14:54 (two years ago) link
good album
― na (NA), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 15:05 (two years ago) link
vc otm
There is a kind of hypnagogic amelodicness to the whole thing that's reminding me a little bit of Ka's Honor Killed the Samurai.
― tangenttangent, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 15:05 (two years ago) link
*perks up*
― imago, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 15:07 (two years ago) link
*becomes flaccid*
― na (NA), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 15:09 (two years ago) link
Listening to this now -- I don't quite have the vocabulary to describe why I like this so much, something about the way the vocals kind of float above all the rest of the sound
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 15:18 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/MOu0aCM.jpg60. Saint Etienne - I've Been Trying To Tell You155 points / 6 votesVideo from the album: “Pond House”saint etienne
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 15:27 (two years ago) link
heh I had no idea they put out an album this year
― rob, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 15:28 (two years ago) link
lol same
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 15:28 (two years ago) link
they've been trying to tell you
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 15:30 (two years ago) link
wau
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 15:32 (two years ago) link
this is about 40 places lower than it would have been but for the great UK ILX exodus lol
― imago, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 15:32 (two years ago) link
big SE fan on the whole but just didn't rate much this 'nice enough' EP
― nashwan, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 15:34 (two years ago) link
I like “Pond House” but found the album a bit snoozy. Not bad! But didn’t go back to it.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 15:34 (two years ago) link
This was the first St. Et album I've liked in quite a while.
― Gavin, Leeds, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 15:39 (two years ago) link
I'm a fan of their last two albums -- Words and Music ranks among their best -- but I had trouble sitting still through this one.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 15:42 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/VDtyoRl.jpg59. Damon Locks & Black Monument Ensemble - NOW156 points / 5 votesVideo from the album: “Forever Momentary Space”International Anthem: S/D
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 15:43 (two years ago) link
I don't quite have the vocabulary to describe why I like this so much, something about the way the vocals kind of float above all the rest of the sound
Vocals are super dry while the woozy Rhodes is low-passed and even the bass has reverb? I really like it.
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 15:45 (two years ago) link
good albumxpost
― na (NA), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 15:46 (two years ago) link
I was really really enjoying that Mach-Hommy track linked up, but I wasn't paying much attention to the lyrics and all of a sudden I get "rock with Coldplay, it was all yellow" hitting me. Kind of burst me out of the magic.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 15:50 (two years ago) link
rappers love coldplay
― na (NA), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 15:53 (two years ago) link
no one knows why
I think he mentions Barry Manilow in the next few lines as well!
― emil.y, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 15:53 (two years ago) link
Love that Damon Locks album. My second vote to place.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:00 (two years ago) link
voted for it too, really invigorating
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:03 (two years ago) link
SE album was good but didn't find myself returning to it
― nxd, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:09 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/HrZv93O.jpg58. Natural Information Society & Evan Parker - descension (Out of Our Constrictions)158 points / 4 votes / 1 #1 voteVideo from the album: “descension 1”Rolling Jazz Thread 2021
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:09 (two years ago) link
Fuck yes, despite Parker's idiocy, this was certainly a highlight of the year for me. Amazing set.
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:16 (two years ago) link
I was the #1
― west elm girls (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:17 (two years ago) link
Still have not listened to this, I need to.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:17 (two years ago) link
It is an incredible set!
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:19 (two years ago) link
Ironic that an “information society” would be paired with him.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:24 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/oIUbdiK.jpg57. Arab Strap - As Days Get Dark159 points / 4 votes / 1 #1 voteVideo from the album: “The Turning of Our Bones”https://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:25 (two years ago) link
Oops thread id missing
https://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid141
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:26 (two years ago) link
Arab Strap: Classic Or Dud?
There we go
Haven't felt like I need to listen to Arab Strap since the '90s but I heard one track of that somewhere (maybe DJP's radio appearance?) and it was good!
― emil.y, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:31 (two years ago) link
Surprised to see Saint Etienne make it today. Even though I know we're very good to them usually, I thought this one divided people too much. Based on the singles I was expecting this to be the first album that really disappointed me. Ended up growing on me like most of their more mellow albums do. They're probably the only band who've been going for a long time who haven't let me down. They haven't had their Elysium moment yet.
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:32 (two years ago) link
i had no idea there was a new arab strap album!!!!
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:33 (two years ago) link
maybe SE NEED their Elysium moment so that, duly stung, they can have their Electric moment next
― imago, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:33 (two years ago) link
listening to this Howie Lee again and it actually reminds me of Eyvind Kang!
― bad milk blood robot (sleeve), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:35 (two years ago) link
I did listen to the Arab Strap album. Very much sounded like an Arab Strap album.
― kitchen person, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:38 (two years ago) link