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.
New Neil Young is a bit too political but what isn't these days?
Hunter King
alright, it's december 1st, time to rep the name change once again
Elysia Crampton - American Drift (2015) >latin electronic
Crampton's ideas are always enthralling to listen to, this album running through styles as varied as latin electronic, crunk, and cumbia, all through the filter of some really cheap, shitty-sounding DAWs and synths. This is a really interesting album to digest, it's not a great one to actually listen to. It's a total cluster of ideas, in which too few actually stick, and the cheap-sounding synths, while an interesting concept, aren't executed well at all.
2.0+
Hype Williams - Untitled (2010) >hypnagogic pop
Good god, this is even more brilliant than Black Is Beautiful. I like Blunt's solo works, but Copeland just brings something extra to the table that makes for the most beautiful, serene, hazy hypnagogic pop I've ever heard. Funnily enough, this is arguably weakest when it's actually doing hypnagogic pop. It's good stuff, just stuff that's been done before. It's when the album spreads its wings into dubbier, folkier territory that this /really/ hits its stride. The ambient dub is beautiful, tropical, and wholly unique; the free folk is among the most hypnotic music I've heard this decade, it's incredible.
3.0+
ECCO UNLIMITED - NHK Reminds You to Boost Your Signal (2012) >ambient, vaporwave
A unique take on vaporwave that isn't executed terribly well. As the album title suggests, this plays out like a broken, hazy radio broadcast, the producer choosing to add lots of sound effects like speakers turning on and channels going completely dead to add to the immersion. This level of detail is really great, and pretty much the only thing I like about this EP. The music itself is bottom of the barrel ambient, nothing about it grabs me at all, it just twists and turns around without ever latching onto anything that good. Simultanously too haphazard and too boring, which is a really unfortunate combination.
2.0-
Noah Diaz
>Courtis/Moore - Brokebox Juke >Free Folk, Electroacoustic From small tinkerings to wide-mouthed drones, and a competent post-rock finale, there's a decent amount of content in just 7 tracks.
7+
>Thymolphtalein - Ni Maitre, Ni marteau >EAI Slightly jazzy, slightly electronic percussive Improv, from a supergroup of members Will Guthrie, Natasha Anderson, Clayton Thomas, Anthony Pateras, and Jerome Noetinger. Unsurprisingly sparse, but not as exceptional and built up as I'd hope it would be.
5
>Philip Samartzis & Rasmus B. Lunding - Touch Parking >Electroacoustic Swinging, piercing tones populate the beginnings of this, before devolving into a ritualistic dance. Panning, garbled samples seems to be something the pair liked to use in this, as well. The plunderphonic aspects add just a touch of melody to this, making it more accessible than just textures alone.
7
>Arsenije Jovanovic - Works for Radio >Musique concrete, Radio play More drama than music. Immersive, often feeling like you're watching a subterranean ceremony, but ultimately not meant to be taken as an album. Without knowing the language, listening to this isn't worth your time.
4+
>Alvin Curran - Endangered Species >Electroacoustic, Plunderphonics A good standard for sound collage, balancing the zaniness that comes from using familiar human sounds with bitter unconventional sources. Moments like combining an auctioneer announcer with Busdriver - Imaginary Places, Aphex Twin - Windowlicker being put to a sax and drill, elevators and jazz, peaceful and heavy moments all within the hour. It ends with an electronic heartbeat parallel tithe opening.
7+
>Fletcher Pratt - Selected Works (2015-2016) >Electroacoustic, Modern Classical A huge exhibition of digital and classical nature. It seems that Pratt leans towards electronics in the latter part of this compilation.
Favorite tracks: Visitor, Having Eaten Enough Sadness, VR Lake 8
what a way to go
thx
Isaac Jones
>P-Model - In a Model Room Very energetic album, interesting rhythms, really not much to say, I guess this was Japan's main answer to bands that were doing the same synth-punk thing in the USA, a fun record overall. 5.5
accelebration was better
Hudson Martinez
Even Keiji Haino's new album is making fun of Americans for being retarded.
>American Dollar Bill - Keep Looking Sideways, You’re Too Hideous to Look at Face On
Julian Stewart
>5.5 for model room >6.5 for syre wew
part of the charm of crampton's music is the shitty daws to me. i absolutely get how it's a turnoff, but it gives it a weirdly unique atmosphere for something so intricately produced.
Jaxon Nelson
>it gives it a weirdly unique atmosphere for something so intricately produced. fair point, i just think she does it better on that one E+E ep
yknow she played near me a couple weeks ago, missed out and i regret it
Samuel Walker
whomst ahvin a beerb and listening to Bill Evans on vinyl
Nathan Myers
Thanks Trump!
Henry Jones
that would be a fun live show. ditto for yves tumorchino amobi/that whole gang the other hemisphere needs to stop making good music. still salty i'm gonna have to wait five years to see arca live most likely.
Demon City is a better crampton outing than AD if you haven't heard it.
Brandon Rivera
>he has a bottle opener on his keychain normie alert!
Josiah Gonzalez
what can I say, I'm a generous person ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Zachary Miller
is this little guy the new /daily/ mascot?
Gabriel Hill
oh fug lmao :D a rare in-class jangle doodle
Zachary Bennett
looks tasty how is?
Jaxson Miller
Enhance!
Tyler Green
nice
Jaxon Stewart
I think that is the rare Canadian Land Lobster.
Jose Myers
pretty good Surprisingly smooth and non-bittery for a charcoal porter. I tend towards the very strong imperial stouts for darker beers, but this is a very nice subtle alternative; makes me wish i was done with exams and curled up beside the fireplace with a nice book.
Hudson Baker
god dammit lmfao
do NOT talk shit about my keychain ever again
Aaron Phillips
I like it. It has potential.
Isaiah Scott
put... put the Dogwander nose on it
Parker Cox
o shit that's a good idea one sec.
Levi Peterson
i'll check demon city out, i've had it downloaded forever
i 100% support this
Caleb Howard
can someone post an old school calendar? I think I'm gonna do one for this month
Jaxon Allen
frig I don't have the OG dogwander picture pls halp
Kevin Cox
...
Julian Brown
Glorious Jangle I'm dead serious if you mail me that drawing I'll mail you that pig painting
Go back a couple of threads Also let me rec you
Isaac Walker
beautiful
Justin Robinson
thanks for the hot tip
this is a non-rec calendar sorry bud if I can't find enough interesting albums tho I'll throw it open to recs
Evan Adams
I'll get to the doodlecrab but I just had to do this first
(I'm sorry for this)
Jace Moore
Put the Doggy nose on the bull and put the Jangle lobster over Tuco's head
Ryan Young
oh, oh no.
I have bigger plans.
Josiah Parker
We can go deeper. Put the hampus face over the Swans teeth.
Brandon Bennett
I'm done for now, all meme'd out.
James Brooks
/f - pq:f (2014) >glitch
The best glitch album I've ever heard, without a doubt. There are so many layers to the sound here, underneath the standard glitchiness you can hear noise, techno, sound collages, there's so much going on yet the compositional genius of the glitch always powers through. The few tracks that delve into pure techno are incredible as well, retaining that composition genius while still managing to totally bang, along with the tracks towards the beginning that flirt with nu jazzy styles. This is exceptional.
3.5
JΛSMINE - Why Don't You Wash Your Blond Child's Hair in Dead Champagne, As They Do in France? (2014) >bubblegum bass, UK bass
Spotty mix with some really wonderful highs. I love the bubblegum bass here, it's what I've always wanted bubblegum bass to be—effervescent and fun yet cerebral and forward-thinking, it's done incredibly well. All the other genre attempts here don't fair nearly as well, and the mix isn't as cohesive as it should be. An entertaining thirty minutes.
2.5
Félicia Atkinson - A Readymade Ceremony (2015) >electroacoustic, ambient
Like a more experimental Holly Herndon, and gosh, I really don't like Holly Herndon's music. This ASMR vocal style gets on my nerves /so/ much, I pretty much automatically dislike this album because of that. And while Atkinson might construct some eerie, industrial soundscapes beneath the spoken word vocals, she rarely lets them move beyond one tone or timbre, it's all irritatingly static.
0.5+
Nathan Powell
it's cute
Brody Hughes
this is amazing
Nathaniel Nguyen
haven't updated this chart yet, so ask for thoughts on anything Pinata has been the best thing on here so far Good stuff all around though, only one bad and no mehs
Levi Brown
>Stick kills the thread darn it, man!
Ayden James
I'm innocent, blame it on the Eurofags!
Colton James
here's your thread reviver
i've decided to join in on the festivities with a december calendar! rec me things!
rec requirements: not super long very preferably streaming somewhere (yt, bandcamp, spotify, soundcloud, etc.) only three recs per friend
i'll be adding a few albums i've been very interested in hearing myself too
oh also if anyone has a cute pixel-y christmas tree pic with a transparent background hmu please
thank u :Y
Luke Barnes
new chart buckos
Jack Rose - Raag Manifestos
Carter Robinson
thee oh sees - castlemania dean blunt & inga copeland - black is beautiful gnoomes - tschak!
Liam Martinez
i see lots of guys with stringy strangy suck my wangys
Kevin Nguyen
this gnoomes album has some peculiar genre tags
Tyler Thomas
it good tho, it's got some very interesting soundscapes
Jackson Howard
SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS EVERYBODY
Ayden Collins
I like kendrick lamar, gybe and this year I liked brand new and protomartyr. Recommend some music please
Hi daily, haven't been posting in a while but I finally finished this chart (was one of the best ones I ever had).
Darondo – Listen to My Song: The Music City Sessions (1973/4; 2011) >Soul, Funk I mean just look at the guy on the cover, of course it’s gonna be good. A fantastic mix of 70ies soul and funk, this is one the rare cases where something that’s praised as a lost classic fulfills all expectations. Great bass lines (that solo on Get Up Off Your Butt!), and even the ballads are pretty great (Didn’t I is amazing). The recording quality is a bit lackluster though. 4/6
Also, I need a hip hop rec for my next chart (preferably something under 1h)
Mason Hernandez
>tfw like a very specific live version of mr. tambourine man and can't find a FLAC of it anywhere
Carson Harris
there'll be some 'finks on this calendar for sure, dw
LMNOP is a really cool album, i'll not add it to the chart bc ive heard it before but its very due for a relisten. it's been about a year and a half or more since i played it regularly.
Josiah Wilson
welp, it's december, so let's reflect on the past 11 months of music and think about how weak they were
also accepting name recommendations, rhyming with reindeer is too lame
Austin Taylor
Help me fill my calendar, looking out for >up hour and a half albums >mainly prog rock, techno or lesser-known synthpop; but I'll accept anything y'all throw at me >must be at least on slsk or yt
Here's something like a combination of those Deuter - D Ash Ra Tempel - s/t
Bentley Reed
What the hell should my christmas name be
Landon Sanders
Gloria Ann Taylor - Deep Inside You (EP, On youtube but not as an album but I'll legit send you the files over discord) Jean Pierre Ferland - Jaune Animal Slaves - Dog-Eat-Dog (I'm gonna put it on youtube this weekend probably)
Brody Thomas
It's borzoinning to look a lot like Christmas
Nolan Reed
borzion
Joshua Rivera
we back on that old fashioned new hot style calendar bullshit, fuck with it yeah boys let's go
WE GOT A 5 BOYS A 5/10, THAT IS >paul bley- open to love recommended by jangle this album is pleasant, dialed back jazz that is really forgettable. it became background music really quickly. I am always wary of solo instrumental works-- I had really low expectations for Fare Forward Voyagers the first time I heard it, but record proved to be lively and have a surprisingly wide field of sounds. apart from the occasional humming from Bley while he played, it's very simple. I can't feel one way or the other about this album. it's boring, but if you pay close attention, it can be interesting. It really relies on the listener to engage, instead of engaging the listener.
>King Crimson - Lizard Side Lizard is a very favorable 4/5, balancing jazz and modern classical influences with rock songwriting and melodies. And Jon Anderson's voice is so much better than the emulation of Greg Lake that Haskell does on side A. This order of things reminds me a lot of Brain Salad Surgery, where the a-side is balooney and the b-side is sublime prog. Though "Lizard" doesn't stand a chance against "Karn Evil 9".
>Letov, duh kek
Already heard Eye Chant, just forgot to rate it.
Jeremiah Walker
I'm going on a trip to New Orleans in a few weeks, anybody got some recs for me? So far I've only heard The Meters, Dr. John and Lee Dorsey. Where to start with Louis Armstrong?
Robert Ross
Leo Soileau - The Early Recordings of Leo Soileau Cleoma Falcon - A Cajun Music Classic Lonnie Johnson - Steppin' On the Blues Clifton Chenier - Bogalusa Boogie Betty Harris - The Lost Queen of New Orleans Soul
Jordan Russell
fuckkkkk yeahh
I'm dying holy shit
>3.5 hAPPENING
Joshua Harris
I'm going too actually. Check out Ken Burns' Jazz series, he starts out by talking a lot about New Orleans. Wrapping it up now and it's been great. Also check out Allen Toussaint, Professor Longhair, Fats Domino (rip), Neville Brothers live stuff
