The point of these threads is to encourage people to look for new and interesting music. We do this by listening to and ideally discussing albums we've never heard before. Many of us already listen to new music daily, these people are in it to venture "out of their comfort zone" by listening to albums they otherwise wouldn't have, or just to have a good time.
/daily/ is merely an entity contingent solely upon the willpower of a single man - or rather, a single fish... without the vitality spewed forth from the fishreviews and fishposting, /daily/ would surely unhinge into the void...
Charles Turner
maybe i'll try to catch up with more stuff throughout the summer but this is my 2017 for now, kinda poor i guess
startin off the thread with another round of shit rodriguez reviews here we goooooo
>Ka - Honor Killed the Samurai The beats were ok, I enjoyed how cohesive the theme of the album felt. The rapping was pretty ass though. They came off as slow, monotone, and unintimidating without much of a purpose. I'm no authority on lyrical content either, but the lyrics on this album were generic and one note to the point of being hard to listen to near the end. 4/10
>Kaini Industries - 遥か彼方 (Haruka Kanata) From the bandcamp page of this release: "don't even ask me why I decided to upload this i mean the thing is pretty sick but no one would listen to the second naruto opening for 3 hours" Perfect. Why did I put this in my wishlist/10
>DJ Katapila - Live DJ Set 12/31/14 Insane shit. แห่สดดนตรีพื้นบ้านหนองโก ชุดที่ 8 + 9 meets bubblegum bass. Idk what's up with Africans screaming random words over all of their movies/music/etc. but i want them to keep doing it. 8/10
Colton Ward
ooh you played one of those songs in plug twas intriguing
Jonathan Powell
>Gobby - No Mercy Bad Poet Confusing. Mostly lo-fi electronic pop, but it's produced at a lot of points like a modern wonky record. There are also moments of extreme clarity in the production. This, along with the hi-fi videos that go along with the album, leave the listener wondering how much of the lo-fi aspect is for show, and how the album was produced at all. 7/10
>Sonic Youth med Mats Gustafsson og Merzbow - SYR 8: Andre sider af Sonic Youth Neat concept. Musicians slowly enter and leave the stage throughout the 30 minute set, leading to a bunch of combinations in performance and instrumentation. It shows itself to build a lot better on a second listen. The second half of the record was easily the best, with Merzbow's noise slowly eating the rest of the set alive until he rests alone in the foliage. 7/10
>Nikos Veliotis, Taku Sugimoto, Kazushige Kinoshita & Taku Unami - カルテット On second inspection, this is more or less the Onkyo album I've been looking for. Four people are placed in a room possibly near a highway, possibly full of beautiful vibrations. Sounds are slow and finite, and often placed far apart, but they always flow into each other. Aceghd is one of the most beautiful pieces I've heard in a long time, and the slow, tense build of Music for 4 Stringed Instruments acts as a perfect introduction. If you want to try out the genre, here isn't a bad place to start. 9/10
>John Frusciante - Smile From the Streets You Hold It's interesting to hear alt rock stripped down to such a bare minimum. v intimidating. 7/10
>Arca and Keen nice bedwetter was sadly pretty meh for me.
i've been meaning to give those guys another try. think i was too baby when i tried em out the first time.
Noah Gonzalez
This game is fucking hard holy shit.
The soundtrack is amazing for a gbc game though. Better than Gold possibly.
why is it that the only decent listenalong albums are ones i have already heard
nonetheless, i ought to relisten to that anyway
Thomas Russell
the shoes one is a solo project from one of the members of Syny which you might remember, less hiphopity and dubby, more synth and stuff. you could try it i guess
second woman uhh yea maybe i have no idea what you like when it comes to that type of stuff, a safe bet is you'd find it meh its kinda like somewhere inbetween mark fell and vi scose poise but less exciting than that sounds
Hunter Butler
>s vs Jangle easily the best matchup here.
sandy bull's fantasias is a wonderful little slice of primitivism made so by the first and last tracks, tumbling little glimpses into blues.
joe harriott's hum dono is a great, varied jazz album with an interesting trade-off between the nuanced styles of the instrumentalists (specifically the guitarist) and the occasional vocalist. the last track is fantastic.
s advances by a hair! thanks for playing Jangle.
John Nguyen
what's the restriction for next round?
Jeremiah Williams
also
boi
im boutta do it
Colton King
oh fuck that round's over uhh gimme a few, i need to come up with something spicy
Grayson Young
k love u
Alexander Robinson
worth it btw everything by prince of denmark is at least an 8
o yeah syny is cool dunno if i'd like that might try second woman, track names look amusing and "IDM, Techno" genre tags sound like i'd probably like at least a little bit
you should try the first siren since you liked tzusing's new thing
Luis Perry
Mac Nigger
Josiah Ward
do lil boat lil boi
Thomas Martin
>V/A - Katamari Fortissimo Damacy >OST, Shibuya-Kei, P O P U ~ D E S U
Would it be too far to say that this may be one of the best video game soundtracks of all time? Probably not.
Its huge range of composers and features brings this to life, cleverly using themes to be catchy and stand on their own whilst implementing multiple genres. The combination of comfier acoustic instrumentation, touches of orchestra, and samba/tropical influences makes this feel like a pastel summer day. The microscopic samples, and personified bleeps make this feel greater than background noise for rolling a ball around.
And even with the precise arrangment on all these tracks, they easily contain carefree pop melodies that'll be sure to implant themselves in your mind. There's so many notable moments: the album's opening whistles, the trance/house voice in WANDA WANDA, the children's choir, the festival celebration of the main theme, the finale rock ballad(??).
I'm wondering how this may have existed without a game to go with hit. I can't hate this.
9/10
>Solid Space - space museum >lo-fi synthpop
Similar to Pale Cocoon in texture, not quite as formless in terms of atmosphere, much more consistently enjoyable. Even with the 808. Not too deep lyrically, but they aren't too important here.
Fav Tracks: Tenth Planet, Destination Moon
7/10
Adrian Sanders
sooon. it looks fun as hell.
Joseph Rivera
post of the year
Adam Richardson
come listen to tunes
Evan Roberts
>The Constructus Corporation - The Zigguraut >Experimental Hip Hop, indie film soundtrack-core
Sad tin can robots do rap, to the story of two boys in a Ziggurat. When it isn't the collision of mechanics in Rick Flare, the sounds can become small like on Metatron One and Pooka. Watkin Tudor Jones is much more tolerable outside of Die Antwood-- ignoring the pop references and lyrics that hint at the shift to that group-- even while his face seems to be stuck in the permanent sneer of a Disney villain, he's got charisma.
There's obviously a large amount of effort in building the world this album takes place in. Comparable to Splendor & Misery; while that album builds its envioronment with the sci-fi noise disregarding the rapper, this album is inaccessible in that Jones is directly narrating its story. This gives its instrumentals and turntablism a bit more of a kick.
But the latter half of the album seems to throw most of what made the beginning interesting away. And I hate Yolani Visser. Fuck.
5/10
>Jam City - Classical Curves >UK Bass, Collage
The idea of this being a "house remixed" version of R Plus Seven bears mentioning, but this album takes place in a different kind of microcosm. If R+7 is a sterile utopia, Classical Curves thrives and thrums in its dark undercarriage. Even in the garbage disposal of another plane, a luminescent city bustles and feels emotions, though somewhat subdued.
Her seems to be a factory line of models, while The Courts uses a clever squeaking sample amongst its choppiness. Club Thanz is lonesome with a hi hat and single synth chord at point, as if the machines orchestrating the Government Approved Sounds had glitched. The industrial house of Hyatt Park Nights is followed by a detached sax note and autonomous bass. Not to sure about that bonus track, though.
Recommending if you want one of them "post dance" albums.
7/10
Nathaniel Evans
>I hate Yolani Visser but why
Aiden Perez
Good onions. I don't blame you for not liking Constructus, it can be pretty overbearing and boring for how long it is.
Super curious on Hubbard, Shepp, Can, and Basho opinions.
Gabriel White
paging fish, rod, nat, and s
the restriction for the next round of this tourney is simple: just rec me a self-titled album.
is this a real release agreed accepted heard (and love)
Sebastian Morgan
wovenhand
Jayden Roberts
no it's not
I can't decide between three albums.
Choose a number between 1 and 3
Grayson Martinez
1 gotcha
Xavier Morgan
>(and love) lol get rused i actually think that album is average
Noah Price
Macha - s/t
Luke King
wait youre not even in you lost AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Juan Russell
yet...........ur the loser lol pwnd
Gavin Allen
ironic memes were a step in the right direction but at this point what the fuck even are these things, its just a mess of distortion, emojis and B
can we just go back to the days of trollface and rage comics im starting to legitimately think those are more tolerable
Andrew Foster
this is genius, and the best pat is I can't explain it to anybody.
Jason Walker
I liked the comet pizza detail, otherwise yeah it's not funny at all
Jose Jones
PIZZAGATE IS REAL
PIZZAGATE ISRAEL
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Jack Martinez
Abyssinyans - Satta Massa Gana Quite agreeable reggae, although I don't think this album does enough to distinguish itself from other music of the type, although I haven't heard much else from Reggae
Asylum Party - Border Line Also good, this is quite an easy album for me to enjoy, sounds a lot like Cure's Pornography, which I like, not much else to comment on
Sorry if the discourse is shallow and regurgitative
Ethyboy I need you to rec, smthn from 2017 please
Brandon Williams
I want to listen to a band's full discography. Any ideas?
I just finished listening to all of The Beatles, so preferably something new.
Hunter Foster
McGlobalists
Justin Rivera
Microphones//Mount Eerie
orrrr
Sun City Girls
Jason Brooks
autechre
Jaxson Hughes
scg are a horrible idea
Xavier White
same honestly
do The other Jorge Ben u mong
Minor Threat and BWJ are good ideas
so are The Microphones like [B]uco said
Or Ween if you have bad taste like me
Austin Walker
Motorhead
Kevin White
The Legendary Pink Dots Acid Mothers Temple Bardo Pond
Aaron Morris
fugg wrong chart
Noah Sanchez
it was ok i guess i'll try it i guess
nicc cave & the bad seeds or talking heads up to speaking in tongues
Owen Stewart
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Nolan Murphy
talking heads and bad seeds are great ideas actually
they have fifty fucking albums and like two good ones
Elijah Cook
but it's not ironic, i genuinely support white genocide
they're a great label, I own their fahey comp and the packaging is glorious. I'll check all those out, thanks!
Kayden Ortiz
>the klf - chill out at first, i wasn't too hot on it - i didn't really understand what feeling it was trying to portray. it was towards the end that it all sort of clicked, and it was a really unique feeling. one of the most strangely compelling listens i've had in a while.
>earwig - under my skin i am laughing a product of the early 90s post-rock scene i haven't heard much of - the instrumentals are mostly gorgeous, made up of dreamy guitars and synth arpeggios. the vocals are, for the most part, a serious detriment, and i have no idea why they're there. check this out if you want semi-grating female vox over some very pretty music.
(1/2)
Luis Lee
>the prince of denmark - 8 i've never heard electronic music sound so clean. not clean in production (it's notably lo-fi), but in arrangement; every song here is crafted with such attention to detail and preciseness that the whole record comes off as masterful. it sounds so good! it's so goddamn engaging! the musical ideas here are simple, yet evocative, and executed so brilliantly, with such care. the album has such an air of authority about it, like the prince knows he's some sort of master of this form. i might have to listen again now - often i found myself thinking something along the lines of "i could listen to this forever." a monumental achievement.
Juan Martin
>Robert Ashley - Wolfman
This was an endurance test. My actual enjoyment was about a 0/10 but it gets points for being a million years ahead of its time. I'm fascinated by how much it sounds like a shitty bandcamp noise album despite being made in the sixties. I can't really comprehend how it was made. Good stuff.
Bentley Allen
Ok color me interested, I'm checking this out
Ryder Long
the 3 hours are beyond worth it
Austin Peterson
>My actual enjoyment was about a 0/10 but it gets points for being a million years ahead of its time. >6 points for being ahead of its time huh while actual 'ahead of its time' albums are pretty rare and this is probably one of them do deserve some credit for being the first to do something, i think going from 0 to 6/10 is a bit of a jump
prince of denmark is the best artist of the decade please check out 8
good review, i recommend checking out The Body for a slightly less good but still fantastic album that's only an hour long for when you don't have as much time his two EPs are a bit more lo-fi, little more of a house influence, and don't have that same aura of mastery. they're still really good and To the Fifty Engineers is my favorite work of his, so if you're thirsty for more you still have that.
in case four releases isn't enough, he has side projects with a lot more output: DJ Metatron and Traumprinz. he gets more meme house here and a lot of it is pretty mediocre but theres some good stuff if you wanna keep digging into him i guess
Easton Morris
yeah im planning on going thru all his stuff (at least under this moniker) now. just dled To the Fifty Engineers
Carson Sullivan
Aphex Twin - Cheetah
>Techo, Acid Techno
I don't know, it sounds kinda like a watered down Syro. There's some cool bits, but Richard decides to stretch out his ideas so much you're tired of it during the first listen. On top of that, it's just underdeveloped in general, but it's nice to dance to and isn't particularly bad.
Snoop what the fuck? Why do you put a song with Willie Nelson on the same album as a pop track about wet vaginas? Why did you ever make either of those songs? Why is this 80 fucking minutes?
Uggghhhh
2.5/5
The Pretty Things - SF Sorrow >Psychedelic Rock
A tight psych rock concept album. Reminds me a lot of the Kinks but with a more effective psychedelic style. At times, it has that lazery guitar sound that I often rave about in this style. The heaviness of that guitar isn’t quite on the level of Jefferson Airplane but there are some similar moments. Vocally, this reminded me a fair amount of The Who. I’ve heard a lot of comparisons between this and Tommy, I need to check that out soon. Anyway, this was tight, the unique instrumentation on tracks like “Private Sorrow” were huge standouts. Potential 4/5, just need to revisit it more.
3.5
Klaus Schulze - Irrlicht >Progressive Electronic, Space Ambient
Really fascinating album historically. Apparently, this was one of the first albums in the whole “space ambient” thing but I don’t know enough to tell you if that’s true or not. Anyway, it maintains a nice spacey, mellow atmosphere with that organ (apparently not a synth wtf) really has a cool sound. Reminds me a lot of a video game soundtrack or a sci-fi score. A bit repetitive after awhile but it’s surprisingly engaging for something that verges on drone for parts.