ILM's Top 77 Albums of 2022 - 21st Anniversary Edition

in these times he definitely leans more into orchestration, the strings and harp, sort of david axelrod vibes that make it feel unique in his catalog

If you get the chance to see MM live, you may see him in a noisier, freer mode (you also may not). When I saw him last summer, I was a bit surprised that his band opened with an AACM "little instruments" style free improv

interesting, the one time i saw him was a the walker art center and he was playing this composed piece that spliced in spoken word/interviews from civil rights activists with a sort of meditative art film presentation that had been created for the show, i think this might have been a one-off performance though

When I saw him last it was a trio with Junius Paul and a guitarist, tons of polyrhythmic drumming and soloing. Missed him with a larger group (at a larger venue) last time but I heard it was fantastic and intense.

ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2022: 17th Anniversary Edition

slowly working my way through the spotify list.

so far

love and knew it

real lies
big thief
the soft pink truth
makaya mccraven

love it and didn't know it before

sudan archives
junior boys (this is not what i thought they were like, i guess i thought they were like basement jaxx or something?)
dawn richards & spencer zahn

like it
rosalia
SZA
beyonce
the beths (i think future me hates me is always gonna be "the one" for me)

not for me

charlotte adigery & bolis pupal

The latest Junior Boys album is a bit of a shift for them, they were more moody synth-pop before (so never really like Basement Jaxx)

may have confused junior boys with vague memories of junior senior

i should’ve voted for the asake album

may have confused junior boys with vague memories of junior senior

― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, February 15, 2023 9:20 AM (fifty-six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

haha i think that's it

I think junior boys may be junior senior's children?

no that's junior senior jr.

I was today years old when I learned that Senior co-wrote and co-produced Born This Way...

if senior was born this way, does that mean that junior was born that way too?

(sorry, we’re having a bit of a lull on the tracks rollout thread)

I just learned that a month or so ago!

their sound is clearly junior boys' own thing