This Weeks Albums Playlist

[ken foree]

alisdair roberts, scottish troubadour, fans of will oldham and jason molina (with whom he's collaborated) would likely trip when they heard this - where are the young irish fellas like roberts i ask ye.

'spoils' is his latest full-length, utterly fantastic, moving, affirming.
'the wyrd meme' - an even more recent EP that is equally as good.

lots of the following bands/artists:

emeralds - slabs of new-age drone, non-ironic 80s sound-art fetishism.
james ferraro - see above
steven r. smith - 'cities', this guy's new album, amazing. a soundtrack to a post-apocalyptic movie like the road i posted in the movies thread. the beautiful and haunted sound of urban disintegration.
weakling - wiki says it best: "Weakling was a progressive/black metal band from San Francisco. The band never toured and released only one album, Dead As Dreams, recorded in 1998 and released on tUMUlt Records in 2000."

dead as dreams is absolutely THUNDERING music, obliterating at times. fans of metal, check this stuff.

[stann]

Ooof, follow that!

Just got a pile of random stuff in at the same time, some new, some CDification of earlier tape/vinyl, half-way through listening.

OMD - Architecture And Morality
ABC - How To Be A Zillionaire
Human League - Dare (lovely revisiting these, three of my faves from way back, sometimes patchy, mostly wonderful)
Basement Jaxx - Scars
Cornershop - Hold on It Hurts (an absolute joy!)
Zero 7 - Simple Things
Zero 7 - When It Falls
DJ Shadow & Q-Bert - Camel Bobsled Race (well, I have it now, but meh)
DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist - Product Placement (tasty!)
Air - Love 2

[superfrank]

What do you make of the new Jaxx album stann?

[stann]

Am not sure really, generallly good though.
It starts off pretty decent, but then it really lifts a few tunes in with the brilliant Santi White and Sam Sparro efforts.
It's a bit of a grower I'd say.

[Wolfie]

West Ryder Pauper.. - Kasabian
Bleach - Nirvana
Murmur - R.E.M
Brighten the Corners - Pavement
Goo - Sonic Youth
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Beggars Banquet - Rolling Stones

[Pauro 76]

Contra - Vampire Weekend (much better than their first album)
Its Blitz - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Sigh No More - Mumford and Sons
Heartworm - Whipping Boy

[stann]

Before starting in on the new stuff, was just catching up on a late contender for Album of the Year 2009, Bitte Orca from the Dirty Projectors.
Took a few listens but wow, what a record! Arty and poppy in equal measure, would struggle hugely to put any label on them though, or compare them with anyone. Rather just recommend that anyone who hasn't heard them yet should make it their business to do so soon.

[twoenz]

Fyfe Dangerfield: Fly Yellow Moon.

[Pauro 76]

Massive Attack 'Heligoland' is much better than their last, 100th Window. Some very good tracks, but the Damon Albarn and Guy Garvey (Elbow) collaborations aren't as good as expected.

[jebus]

Noah & The Whale - Blue Skies
The Supremes - Stop! In The Name Of Love
Blur - Blue Jeans
Elliot Smith - Thirteen

and Lyric FM have been my soundtrack for today so far

[Wolfie]

Picked up Televisions 2nd album "Adventure".

Looking forward to checking that out later.

If its half as good as "Marquee Moon" it will be great.