This Weeks Albums Playlist

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.

Ooof, follow that! :D

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

What do you make of the new Jaxx album 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. :)

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

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

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. :)

Fyfe Dangerfield: Fly Yellow Moon.

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.

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 :)

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.

Let it Bleed - Rolling Stones
Wowee Zowee - Pavement
Goo - Sonic Youth
Kingdom of Rust - Doves
Abbey Road - The Beatles

Good lot to get through over the next while!

Stone Roses - Stone Roses (continuing the CDification of the record collection!)
Inspiral Carpets - Greatest Hits
Adrian Sherwood - On-U Sound Crash Slash & Mix (a best of mix comp)
Goldfrapp - Head First
Goldfrapp - We Are Glitter (the Supernature remix album)
Husky Rescue - Ship Of Light
Hot Chip - Coming On Strong (and a Bugged out mix double)
Roudoudou - Tout L'Univers: Listener's Digest
Oh No Ono - Eggs

Also can I heap praise upon both Heligoland and Groove Armada's Black Light, both excellent returns to form.
And vote for Gorillaz - Plastic Beach as the early contender for album of the year 2010, stunning piece of work.
(Oh, and for Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix as my new album of the year 2009 :smile: )

Sonic Youth - Goo.

Have to say, I'm really likine this album. I wasn't too sure what to expect but they remind me a lot of Jefferson Airplane in some ways.

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Originally Posted by superfrank

Sonic Youth - Goo.

Have to say, I'm really likine this album. I wasn't too sure what to expect but they remind me a lot of Jefferson Airplane in some ways.

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Really got into this album recently as well - its 20 years old this year. They put most young bands to shame.

If you like this album you'd probably like Daydream Nation and Dirty by the same band.

Great music that's thankfully difficult to pidgeonhole.

De/Vision - Popgefahr

I've gotten huge into Synthpop over the past 6 months but never really 'got' these guys. Picked this album up in Prague over the weekend (sadly, it's unlikely to be found on shelves here) and it's the style done to absolute perfection. One spin this and the melodies are burned into one's brain and repeat listens are mandatory. I'd possibly question its staying power if it's so good so quickly but right now I'm loving it.

Ash: A-Z Vol 1
Always been a bit of a guilty pleasure, a lot of cracking tunes here, they sound as good as ever.

MGMT: Congratulations
Less 'Kids' more 'Kid A'.... But this just sounds a self-indulgent mess though with stupid in-jokes about Brian Eno. May be a grower though.

Plastic Beach - Gorillaz
Butterfly House - The Coral
Exile On Main Street - Rolling Stones
Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stone
Quarantine the Past - Pavement
Journal for Plague Lovers - Manics

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Originally Posted by Pauro 76

Ash: A-Z Vol 1
Always been a bit of a guilty pleasure, a lot of cracking tunes here, they sound as good as ever.

MGMT: Congratulations
Less 'Kids' more 'Kid A'.... But this just sounds a self-indulgent mess though with stupid in-jokes about Brian Eno. May be a grower though.

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Quoting myself here, but 'Congratulations' did grow on me. Liking it now...

Other albums on the playlist..

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (superb)
Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
Deftones - Around The Fur
Kele - The Boxer

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Originally Posted by Pauro 76

Quoting myself here, but 'Congratulations' did grow on me. Liking it now...

Other albums on the playlist..

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (superb)
Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
Deftones - Around The Fur
Kele - The Boxer

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Good to see Arcade Fire back in action. Is it a new direction or a follow on from Neon Bible, Pauro??