Alan Cawthorne wrote:
Apart from Bill who is gracing the cd players around the globe right now?
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Any suggestions on beautiful albums to add to my collection?
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 3:19 pm
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Two new albums out this week:
Go Sanction Yourself by Paul Morricone, who has been likened to a cross between Scott Walker and Massive Attack:
Here Come The Lights by Stephen EvEns, who's quirky pop songs are in turn playful and morose, but never dull:
Both are on Bandcamp.
The Faces take a stab at a Beach Boys tune during rehearsal....they shoulda finished working it out, sound promising.
The new Paul Morricone album, Go Sanction Yourself:
Shouting into the void once more. This should be in the New Releases thread, but I can't find it.
Madra, the new album by Irish dream pop/alt rock band NewDad is a fine collection of songs. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=newdad
This thread has gotten rather lonely. Is nobody else listening to any music?!
Adventures In Modern Recording by...
Described as prog / jazzy psych on Bandcamp, all I know is they're great live. Here's the debut album by Plantoid:
https://speedyortiz.bandcamp.com/album/rabbit-rabbit
Heard this one? I keep coming back to this lately.
We saw them around this time. Great live show.
Ensemble "Medeo" LP
First time in ages - one of my improvised playlists:
Natalie Imbruglia - Big Mistake
Neil Finn - Souvenir
Gabby Glaser - Darling
Broken Social Scene - Windsurf Nation
Jen Olive - Robot Boy
Barringtone - Snake In The Grass
Sidi Bou Said - Wormee
Rob Crow - Hangnail
Girl Bros (Wendy & Lisa) - All I Wonder / Anyway
Elliott Smith - Cupid’s Trick
Pixx - Funsize
Darwin Deez - Constellations
Howling Bells - Blessed Night
Yeasayer - No Bones
Kelli Ali - Voyeur
Paul Morricone - Estranged
St Vincent - Cheerleader
Beck - Earthquake Weather
One of the great releases of the late 60's. I have probably had this in my collection for 50 years (😱) now. Every track is different and, imho, all of them are excellent.
Just watching Chrissie Hynde at Glasto with her new Pretenders line up (Martin Chambers has hung up his drum sticks by the look of it). The woman still got it!
Having a Massey cocktail and enjoying Robin Nolan on a lovely summer afternoon in Haarlem😁
Just in case you are so inclined
Hopefully you are enjoying life today too 😄
from Wakefield
Darwin Deez's 2018 album.
And here's some trippy electro-pop weirdness:
https://midairthief.bandcamp.com/album/flood-format
Something mellow and beautiful for Bandcamp Friday:
https://roziplain.bandcamp.com/album/prize
I am so loving this one. Incredible. How have I missed them? Put your headphones on and give them a listen.
I have spent the last few days listening to all of their releases. They are really striking a chord with me. Especially this one and the 5 previous releases. I will probably by their discography.
Not my usual cup of tea so to speak but it definitely has something...
Elephant Gym - Dreams
Jazzy alternative pop from this Taiwanese trio.
https://elephant-gym.bandcamp.com/
A striking return from Kristeen Young. Creative and at times brutal. Think of a cross between St Vincent and Nine Inch Nails with Kate Bush-like vocals.
https://kristeenyoungmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-beauty-shop
Giving a final listen before deciding to buy. Some nice guitar work on this one. Mainly instrumental. Prog-psych?
The new album by Kate NV, Wow, is released today. Check out the four sample tracks on Bandcamp. It's like Anna Meredith on Class A drugs.
https://katenv.bandcamp.com/album/wow
https://zruvogue.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tricot+-+jodeki
Tricot - Jodeki (Excellent) Last year's album from the 'excellent' Japanese math rock band (check out the instrumental versions as well - they stand up on their own). They've already got another album out.
“Chinese Restaurant” - Chrisma
Another new release (albeit a compilation of bits and bobs rather than a proper album, but these bits and bobs are quality).
Also recently released, some fine alternative quirkiness from Schnauser:
The Stargazer Lilies new album is out today. If you like big shiny dreampop/shoegaze guitars, you'll probably like this:
I've been waiting for this for eight years (then I missed it's release for several months!)
https://pepedeluxe.bandcamp.com/album/phantom-cabinet-vol-1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYrKe8K9lEY
Some quirky electronica/electro-pop.
https://ssspacemoth.bandcamp.com/album/no-past-no-future
The new Nova Twins album, Supernova has just landed.
This is a phenomenal piece of work. It's prog/jazz/metal:
https://soundstruggle.bandcamp.com
The post about Polyphia, Intervals and Plini brought these guys to mind. One of my favourite instrumental albums.
If you like Animals As Leaders, you'll like this.
https://sarahshreds.bandcamp.com/album/myriad
Kempston, Protek & Fuller (John Disco) - 12k Boost Boost EP
Semi-ambient electronica
https://bistheband.bandcamp.com/album/12k-boost-boost
I needed a serious rock fix! Who else but...
https://vaura.bandcamp.com/album/vista-of-deviant-anatomies
Three years following Sables' release, Vaura returns once again with the forward-and-backward-thinking Vista Of Deviant Anatomies. Now, what does it mean to look in both human time directions simultaneously? Well, for one, Vaura has obvious influences, namely selections from the early 4AD catalog and David Sylvian's post-Dead Bees on a Cake output, and they wear them on their sleeves. As such, Vista Of Deviant Anatomies is dramatic and atmospheric, a dark affair as obscured as the gothic influences which fuel their music. Being "goth" means understanding this certain period of time–an aesthetic, a sound, a vibe–and making it your own, and Vaura are undeniably "goth" in this sense. Looking forward, though, is where this album really begins to shine. Members and avant-garde metal champions Kevin Hufnagel (Gorguts, Dysrhythmia et al) and Toby Driver (Kayo Dot, ex-maudlin of the Well et al) leave their marks all over this album, be it Driver's unique production–at times hollow and terrifying and at others welcoming and warm–or Hufnagel's odd guitar sounds, this ex-metal trio shows that their evolution was always deliberate, a removal of superficial layers which slowly reveals a glowing core. Vaura was meant to make this album. Listen to Vista Of Deviant Anatomies in full below.
Deerhoof - Actually, You Can
https://stevejansen.bandcamp.com/album/126
https://derplan.bandcamp.com/album/save-your-software
https://akirarabelais.bandcamp.com/album/a-la-recherche-du-temps-perdu
https://antinoterecordings.bandcamp.com/album/atn044-domenique-dumont-miniatures-de-auto-rhythm
Santa brought me Mixed Up Kid. It is playing now. It is simply the best thing to come out of 2021, as we continue to mask up, boost our vaccines, social distance and live with political morass.
The album which opened my life up to live music gigs and, in time, a bunch of musician friends.
Maybe this can explain things a bit.
Disneyland After Dark.
This is a strange blend from one of my favourite bands. There are parts of some of these tracks which are dangerously close to mainstream (they've even used autotune effects, for goodness sake!), but there are other parts that are so out there they'd give Nine Inch Nails a run for their money (indeed one track is named The Upward Spiral and is clearly an homage).
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bent+knee+-+frosting
Also, I'm enjoyi g the album,Not As Good As The Book by The Tangent...especially the so g, Ethernet...what a tremendously melodic and memorable chorus. The last chorus followed by an awesome guitar solo by Jakko Jakszyk...(hope I've spelled that correctly)
I'm enjoying lots of things by Marshall Crenshaw and The Fountains Of Wayne at the moment. Proper memorable pop rock with great melody.
Currently playing a couple of pretty obscure albums by Andy Tillison's early Prog Rock band...Parallel Or 90 Degees. This was his band prior to his current band The Tangent.
The albums in question are, Lifecycle and Time Capsule.
Search for them if you can. You will be highly rewarded with fabulous modern UK Prog Rock of the highest quality.
The new and excellent album by The Scaramanga Six:
An eclectic mix this morning:
Tune-Yards - I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life
Whatever the computer decides! Ah, AI XOXOXOXOXOXOXOX.........
The Pineapple Thief- Nothing But The
Henry Cow - Leg End
Poppy - Flux
1975
Budapest Jazz Club - Rob Luft, 'Expect the Unexpected':