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Yes, though I was unaware they finally have a full length out soon....
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[Music] Albums Thread - 2017
- Thread starter Theatre of Trees
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Yes, though I was unaware they finally have a full length out soon....
Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
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Shamir Bailey - 'Revelations'
You know that line in the Beatles song 'Help': "when I was younger so much younger than before...but now these days are gone and I'm not so self-assured"? I think this sums up the new Shamir album perfectly. Gone is the bubblegum pop and pastels and primary colours and instead we get lo-fi introspection and subtle shades of darker blue. This is clearly a deeply personal album for him and shows a remarkable maturity for someone still relatively young, even in the pop world. There's not one single track on here that is out of place or lets the team down and the last track especially 'Straight Boy' is a stone-cold classic. I say lo-fi but there are plenty of electric guitar riffs and a few nods to rock n roll and doo-wop; overall though the theme is downtempo but he does it with such aplomb that it's quite uplifting in a strange way. Definitely one of the best new albums out there at the moment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXRG-WWDk7w
You know that line in the Beatles song 'Help': "when I was younger so much younger than before...but now these days are gone and I'm not so self-assured"? I think this sums up the new Shamir album perfectly. Gone is the bubblegum pop and pastels and primary colours and instead we get lo-fi introspection and subtle shades of darker blue. This is clearly a deeply personal album for him and shows a remarkable maturity for someone still relatively young, even in the pop world. There's not one single track on here that is out of place or lets the team down and the last track especially 'Straight Boy' is a stone-cold classic. I say lo-fi but there are plenty of electric guitar riffs and a few nods to rock n roll and doo-wop; overall though the theme is downtempo but he does it with such aplomb that it's quite uplifting in a strange way. Definitely one of the best new albums out there at the moment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXRG-WWDk7w
I’m looking forward to it.....but not entirely sure what it will be like. I recall that compilation of EPs they released some time ago was all over the place....but in a positive way.
Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
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FM Belfast - 'Island Broadcast'
This is their 4th or maybe even 5th album to date so they've had a long time to hone their skills and this album is a very tight affair musically. It's also one of their best with the Icelandic band in fine form with their synth-pop. I think they now deserve their place amongst the really great Icelandic acts: Sugarcubes, Gus Gus, Sigur Ros, Of Monsters and Men, Soley and Emiliana Torrini.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d5q8DApoy8
This is their 4th or maybe even 5th album to date so they've had a long time to hone their skills and this album is a very tight affair musically. It's also one of their best with the Icelandic band in fine form with their synth-pop. I think they now deserve their place amongst the really great Icelandic acts: Sugarcubes, Gus Gus, Sigur Ros, Of Monsters and Men, Soley and Emiliana Torrini.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d5q8DApoy8
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Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
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Bjork's new album is as you'd expect. Just stunning. I'm firmly of the belief that her contribution to pushing pop boundaries is every bit as important as the likes of David Bowie or Madonna.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHWAZNkqwN4
I'm going to have to reconsider my best albums list because this will need to be included on it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHWAZNkqwN4
I'm going to have to reconsider my best albums list because this will need to be included on it.
Machiavelli
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Tis. Can't wait for the new album, the last one made it into my top two last year. I only discovered it this year, but Artifacts by Black Flower runs it close:
http://www.blackflower.be/
Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
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Another album that has only just been released that needs serious attention is the Jim White 'Waffles, Triangles & Jesus'. I think it's probably his strongest album since 'Drill a Hole In That Substrate' if not his debut album 'The Wrong-Eyed Jesus'. Definitely ones for fans of bluesy Americana and Southern Gothic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmXmP4xAJ0w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmXmP4xAJ0w
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
Getting a tad bored of these Orchestra revamps in the form of Elvis, Roy O, Kylie etc but most recently Aretha and Midge Ure.
Have to say I feel the latter is the most beneficial of such treatment.
Ultravox with strings seems to work.
Have to say I feel the latter is the most beneficial of such treatment.
Ultravox with strings seems to work.
Theatre of Trees
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Think this might take your fancy. Estonian band with elements of Scandinavian dream pop, shoegaze, 80s American soundtracks particularly Wild at Heart. I get a real hefty dose of nostalgia listening to this.
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Debut album out in the new year.
Think this might take your fancy. Estonian band with elements of Scandinavian dream pop, shoegaze, 80s American soundtracks particularly Wild at Heart. I get a real hefty dose of nostalgia listening to this.
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Debut album out in the new year.
Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
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Oh, that is a magnificent discovery. Thanks for that. It ticks all my boxes.
Pevenseagull
Anti-greed coalition
- Jul 20, 2003
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So time to summarise the best of the year? I'll take that as a yes. I've only heard a fraction of what gets posted on this thread but, based on my own listening, and preferences, here's the best albums, songs and gigs of 2017
ALBUMS OF THE YEAR
Best three albums of 2017…
Squeeze - The Knowledge
This Is The Kit - Moonshine Freeze
Jens Lekman - Life Will See You Now
The rest….
Goldfrapp - Silver Eye
Black Grape - Pop Voodoo
David Bowie - Lodger (2017 Tony Visconti mix)
Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band - Adiós Señor Pussycat
Peter Perrett - How The West Was Won
Jane Weaver - Modern Kosmology
Neil Young - Hitchhiker
The Lurkers 5 CD box set compilation
Gary Crowley's Punk & New Wave 3 CD compilation
Hurray For The RiffRaff - The Navigator
Morrissey - Low In High School
Paul Weller - A Kind Revolution
The Horrors - V
Ghostpoet - Dark Days + Canapés
Sparks - Hippopotamus
The Charlatans - Different Days
Pete Fij / Terry Bickers - We are Millionaires
Julian Cope - Drunken Songs
SONGS OF THE YEAR
LCD Soundsystem - Oh Baby
Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile - Continental Breakfast
Jens Lekman - Evening Prayer
Jesus and Mary Chain - Amputation
Liam Gallagher - Wall of Glass
Paul Weller - Mother Ethiopia Part 1 (Paul Weller vs. Stone Foundation)
Paul Weller - Woo Sé Mama
Arcade Fire - Everything Now
The Mountain Goats - Abandoned Flesh
Ghostpoet - Immigrant Boogie
Depeche Mode - Where’s The Revolution?
Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still
Flo Morrissey and Matthew E. White - Grease
Morrissey - Jacky's Only Happy When She's Up on the Stage
Baxter Dury - Miami
Squeeze - Final Score
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Holy Mountain
Sampha - Blood On Me
The xx - Dangerous
GIGS OF THE YEAR
1. Kraftwerk (Brighton Centre)
2. Luke Haines (Brighton Railway Club)
3. Metronomy (Brighton Dome)
ALBUMS OF THE YEAR
Best three albums of 2017…
Squeeze - The Knowledge
This Is The Kit - Moonshine Freeze
Jens Lekman - Life Will See You Now
The rest….
Goldfrapp - Silver Eye
Black Grape - Pop Voodoo
David Bowie - Lodger (2017 Tony Visconti mix)
Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band - Adiós Señor Pussycat
Peter Perrett - How The West Was Won
Jane Weaver - Modern Kosmology
Neil Young - Hitchhiker
The Lurkers 5 CD box set compilation
Gary Crowley's Punk & New Wave 3 CD compilation
Hurray For The RiffRaff - The Navigator
Morrissey - Low In High School
Paul Weller - A Kind Revolution
The Horrors - V
Ghostpoet - Dark Days + Canapés
Sparks - Hippopotamus
The Charlatans - Different Days
Pete Fij / Terry Bickers - We are Millionaires
Julian Cope - Drunken Songs
SONGS OF THE YEAR
LCD Soundsystem - Oh Baby
Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile - Continental Breakfast
Jens Lekman - Evening Prayer
Jesus and Mary Chain - Amputation
Liam Gallagher - Wall of Glass
Paul Weller - Mother Ethiopia Part 1 (Paul Weller vs. Stone Foundation)
Paul Weller - Woo Sé Mama
Arcade Fire - Everything Now
The Mountain Goats - Abandoned Flesh
Ghostpoet - Immigrant Boogie
Depeche Mode - Where’s The Revolution?
Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still
Flo Morrissey and Matthew E. White - Grease
Morrissey - Jacky's Only Happy When She's Up on the Stage
Baxter Dury - Miami
Squeeze - Final Score
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Holy Mountain
Sampha - Blood On Me
The xx - Dangerous
GIGS OF THE YEAR
1. Kraftwerk (Brighton Centre)
2. Luke Haines (Brighton Railway Club)
3. Metronomy (Brighton Dome)
I like this. I think both of these guys live in Hove; which one’s your mate?
Theatre of Trees
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My latest mix can be found here:
https://www.mixcloud.com/The_Airing_Cupboard/mix-34/
Playlisting:
1. Goat Girl - Cracker Drool
2. Heat Wave - The Silence
3. The Galaxy Electric - Tomorrow Was Better Yesterday
4. Nabihah Iqbal - Zone 1 To 6000
5. Kedr Livanskiy - Your Name
6. Kelly Lee Owens - More Than A Woman
7. C.A.R. - Daughters
8. Fever Ray - Wanna Sip
9. Imposition Man - Imposition Man
10. Hookworms - Negative Space
11. Shitkid - Oh Me I'm Never
12. Bas Jan - Argument
13. The Orielles - Let Your Dogtooth Grow
14. Holy Motors - Honeymooning
15. Loma - Black Willow
16. Grebenstein - Meet My Needs
Length: 60 minues
https://www.mixcloud.com/The_Airing_Cupboard/mix-34/
Playlisting:
1. Goat Girl - Cracker Drool
2. Heat Wave - The Silence
3. The Galaxy Electric - Tomorrow Was Better Yesterday
4. Nabihah Iqbal - Zone 1 To 6000
5. Kedr Livanskiy - Your Name
6. Kelly Lee Owens - More Than A Woman
7. C.A.R. - Daughters
8. Fever Ray - Wanna Sip
9. Imposition Man - Imposition Man
10. Hookworms - Negative Space
11. Shitkid - Oh Me I'm Never
12. Bas Jan - Argument
13. The Orielles - Let Your Dogtooth Grow
14. Holy Motors - Honeymooning
15. Loma - Black Willow
16. Grebenstein - Meet My Needs
Length: 60 minues
Spent most of this weekend listening to Dan Avery’s DJ Kicks album. I bought it some time ago but forgot about it. It’s in line with his techno sound when he plays out, and not Drone Logic, and brooding and rhythmic; I recommend it to any techno head.
spring hall convert
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Apologies if I'm late to the party but I've been really digging Nicole Mitchell's records recently. Gil Scott Heron meets Sun Ra.
https://nicolemitchell.bandcamp.com/album/liberation-narratives
https://fperecs.bandcamp.com/album/mandorla-awakening-ii-emerging-worlds
https://nicolemitchell.bandcamp.com/album/liberation-narratives
https://fperecs.bandcamp.com/album/mandorla-awakening-ii-emerging-worlds
Psychobilly freakout
HellBilly
My personal favourite this year not psychobilly, but a bit of good old fashioned garage punk.
Hank Robot & The Ethnics - Elvis-Jello Mojo
If you like the 60s Garage or the Dead Kennedys you would like them, but that is not gonna be many people on here.
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Hank Robot & The Ethnics - Elvis-Jello Mojo
If you like the 60s Garage or the Dead Kennedys you would like them, but that is not gonna be many people on here.
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Oh, that's good. A new name to me - I need to hear more from her
Pevenseagull
Anti-greed coalition
- Jul 20, 2003
- 19,604
Both of them. They did a Christmas DJ spot in The Coopers last weekend, which was very entertaining.