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The singer from WMC has a bit of a Mark E Smith style about him. And cheers for the other recommendations, I'll check them out
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always mate!
there’s a debut EP from Nottingham’s Do Nothing which came out on Friday. That wouldn’t look out of place on Speedy Wunderground either. Again, very Fall / Talking Heads / LCD.
very different sound but the KEYAH/BLU Ep is good for whacking on in the garden. Partly produced by Joy Orbison. Bit of a druggy, golden age hip hop feel.
Cheers!
Don'tListenToTheHat
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Would definitely recommend Do Nothing. Good local lads and making great music. Really good singles they’ve released so far and quite different. Doing my great city proud...
cheers. Will listen to today. Do Nothing sound very much up my street.
Lockdown means I've been doing a lot of music listening. As far as this week's new releases are concerned:
Laura Marling: absolutely superb, will be near the top of many an album of the year list. Up with Once I Was An Eagle as her best.
Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn: a meeting of traditional Chinese music and American folk. Works really well. Might be a tad niche for some.
Pokey LaFarge: I've been enjoying this. Probably his most consistent album.
The Mountain Goats: already mentioned. Very much back to basics and lo-fi. Good.
Hamilton Leithauser: a bit more croonery and ballady than his previous solo albums but still unmistakenly him. Enjoyable.
Jackie Lynn: Haley Fohr (aka Circuit Des Yeux) in a bit of an alter ego move. Both enjoyable and strange. Parts of it sound not unlike Sparks.
The Strokes: an improvement on Angles and Comedown Machine but by no means perfect. I sometimes wonder whether some of the better songs now go to the side projects.
Flat Worms: Not massively different from the debut album or last year's Into The Iris EP but that's no great shame! Urgent, energetic (but laidback) and excellent.
The Dream Syndicate: five long tracks (the shortest clocks in at just over seven and a half minutes). They're certainly exploring their psychedelic side. It's really, really good!
Laura Marling gets album of the week from me with Flat Worms and The Dream Syndicate getting silver and bronze.
Laura Marling: absolutely superb, will be near the top of many an album of the year list. Up with Once I Was An Eagle as her best.
Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn: a meeting of traditional Chinese music and American folk. Works really well. Might be a tad niche for some.
Pokey LaFarge: I've been enjoying this. Probably his most consistent album.
The Mountain Goats: already mentioned. Very much back to basics and lo-fi. Good.
Hamilton Leithauser: a bit more croonery and ballady than his previous solo albums but still unmistakenly him. Enjoyable.
Jackie Lynn: Haley Fohr (aka Circuit Des Yeux) in a bit of an alter ego move. Both enjoyable and strange. Parts of it sound not unlike Sparks.
The Strokes: an improvement on Angles and Comedown Machine but by no means perfect. I sometimes wonder whether some of the better songs now go to the side projects.
Flat Worms: Not massively different from the debut album or last year's Into The Iris EP but that's no great shame! Urgent, energetic (but laidback) and excellent.
The Dream Syndicate: five long tracks (the shortest clocks in at just over seven and a half minutes). They're certainly exploring their psychedelic side. It's really, really good!
Laura Marling gets album of the week from me with Flat Worms and The Dream Syndicate getting silver and bronze.
Try Trace Mountains, it’s pretty good
I’ve also discovered Swell Maps this weekend, old but excellent
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Read about this Yin Yin record in the new Q ‘The Rabbit That Hunts Tigers’. Says it’s not out til 24 April but it’s on Apple Music already. Somewhere between Songhoy Blues, Kruangbin, krautrock and psych. Had it on all morning, quality.
Looks like it's been out since late last year (both in digital and physical form). Might be getting a wider release on April 24th? Sounds perfect for me so will give it a listen...
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I caught that just now in the Spotify notes. Got to be a reissue or a full U.K. release as you say. Quite Giorgio Moroder in places this. Canny little find, albeit seemingly behind the curve
I caught that just now in the Spotify notes. Got to be a reissue or a full U.K. release as you say. Quite Giorgio Moroder in places this. Canny little find, albeit seemingly behind the curve
It's excellent, thanks for the heads up! Also given a listen to the couple of non-album singles.
MarcoG
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Paul Banks has yet another new band, this time with Josh Kaufman and Matt Barrick. Just released their first video and given his record outside of Interpol (and their last couple of releases) I was pleasantly surprised.
Album out in a month or two.
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Album out in a month or two.
Maybe not the best week for new releases. We have albums from DaBaby, Danzig, dvsn, Enter Shikari, EOB, Fiona Apple, Gregory Porter, Howling Hexx, Lido Pimienta, Nicole Atkins, Rina Sawayama, RJD2, Ron Sexsmith, Shabazz Palaces, The Black Dahlia Murder, The Pack A.D. and Sir Richard Bishop.
Mickdundee
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Looks decent enough to me - Danzig, Fiona Apple, RJD2, Shabazz Palaces and Ron Sexsmith for me.
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Of that lot, only Shabazz Palaces and RJD2 do anything for me. Danzig not remotely my thing and I have both Fiona Apple and Ron Sexsmith filed under dull but worthy.
Poor week for me
EOB I guess but singles have been average
EOB I guess but singles have been average
i quite enjoyed his 6 music gig but sick to death of shangri la. I do think Brasil is an excellent track though.
Had that on this morning - right up my Strasse that - cheers. FWIW over the last couple of weeks only a few things have worked for me, namely; TOPS, James Elkington, Laura Marling, Hugh Masekela & Tony Allan, Yaeji, The Shires, Shabaka and the Ancestors, Christine and the Queens and Best Coast.
Add Hailu Mergia, Sofia Koutesis and the new release by The 1975 to that list
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The Great MES
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How does bandcamp work on Android then? Do I just download the app, buy the album and then stream it like on Spotify?
